Fractographic Analysis of Brinar 400 and Brinar 500 Steels in Impact Testing

الملخص EN

Properties of low-alloy boron-containing steels Brinar 400 and Brinar 500 in as-delivered and normalized conditions are considered.

Charpy tests carried out within temperature ranges of ductile-to-brittle transition were followed by fractographic analysis.

The tests were carried out on specimens with their axes parallel and perpendicular to hot-working direction, at −40°C, −20°C, 0°C, and +20°C.

The determined impact properties of Brinar steels were complemented with fractographic analysis performed with use of a scanning electron microscope.

It was found that temperatures of ductile-brittle transition were significantly different for the materials in as-delivered and normalized conditions.

In addition the tensile tests were carried out, determining basic strength properties of the analyzed materials.