Abstract
Abstract9 %–12 % Cr ferritic/martensitic steels with a good long‐term creep strength at temperatures up to 650 °C and higher are being developed in order to increase steam temperature of coal‐fired power plants.Thermomechanical treatment can effectively enhance the mechanical properties of high‐Cr ferritic/martensitic steels mainly due to plenty of nano‐sized precipitates produced by thermomechanical treatment. Nano‐sized precipitates in an 11 % Cr ferritic/martensitic steel produced by a thermomechanical treatment, including warm rolling at 650 °C plus tempering at 650 °C for 1 h, were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The average size of precipitates in the steel after the thermomechanical treatment was determined to be about 30 nm in diameter, which is only one‐third of the average size of precipitates in the steel with the normalized and tempered condition. A large number of Cr‐rich precipitates having an average diameter of about 25 nm in the steel produced by the thermomechanical treatment were identified as Cr‐rich M2C carbide with a hexagonal crystal structure, rather than M23C6 or MX phase. The plenty of nano‐sized Cr‐rich M2C carbides were dominant phase in the steel after the thermomechanical treatment. The reason why prior precipitate phase formed in the steel during the thermomechanical treatment was Cr‐rich M2C carbide is also discussed.
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