Effect of Nanocalcium Oxide Addition on the Cast Microstructure of Pipeline Steel

Abstract

This experiment takes the X80 pipeline steel as the research object, the thermal stability second phase particles which would not be dissolved or aggregated at high temperature will be expected by means of adding nanocalcium oxide into the steel with the method of carrier dispersion addition. The effect of nanocalcium oxide addition on the cast microstructure of X80 pipeline steel was analysed. The results show that the cast microstructure is consist of the ferrite and a small amount bainite. And the bainite is distributed at the boundary of the ferrite grains. When adding 0.02 wt% nanocalcium oxides, there is more bainite in the microstructure by contrast. The number of the acicular ferrite significantly increases in the cast microstructure, and the grains become more fine and uniform. Simultaneously, the granular bainite is uniformly distributed at the grain boundary and edge of the ferrite.