Influence of Direct Lamellarizing and Tempering on Microstructure and Properties of F550 Ship Plate Steel

The effects of quenching at 820 °C 850 °C 940 °C and tempering at 600 °C on microstructure and properties of F550 ship plate steel were studied by optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and other experimental methods. The results show that the highest value of the impact energy at-80 °C is 240 J when the steel is quenched at 850 °C and tempered at 600 °C. A full graumber of martensite-austenite (M-A) constituents which distribute in the shape of point-liner or gather among the grains, is larger compared with lamellarizing and tempering. Although the strength of the steel is higher, the value of the impact energy at-80 °C is lower and unstable. After intercritical quenching, the presence of minor ferrite and austenite grains refined could also be helpful to improve the low temperature toughness. Because polygonal ferrite (QF) is small and distributes uniformly between bainitic ferrite lathes acting as beneficial barriers to cleavage crack propagation.