Hot-worked microstructure and hot workability of cold-work tool steels

摘要

AbstractThe hot workability of two cold-work tool steels were evaluated and compared. A D2 and an advanced alloy based on 8% Cr steels (TDx) were deformed at high temperatures between 900 and 1100°C with strain rates 0.001–10s?1via hot compression test. From the flow curves, processing maps were constructed based on the dynamic material model. The deformed microstructures were observed and compared in various scales with respect to the deformation conditions. Although the two alloys exhibited a large similarity in the flow instability consideration of the processing map, their behavior in microstructure evolution was different. While both alloys exhibited a tendency of strain localization in the conditions of instability, the efficiency of power dissipation in the processing maps showed an intricate correlation with the progress of dynamic recrystallization and carbide precipitation. TDx showed a distinctive behavior of carbide precipitation and a larger resistance to dynamic recrystallization, which implied a requirement on more delicate control of hot working conditions.Highlights?Hot compression tests were conducted for D2 and an 8% Cr steel.?Processing maps were constructed for the evaluation of their hot workability.?They had similar hot workability concerning the flow instability.?The 8% Cr steel exhibited a larger resistance to dynamic recrystallization.]]>