Production of hic-resistant pressure vessel grade plates using a low-carbon composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016333447-A9
Application number	US-201514615125-A
Country	US
Kind code	A9
Filing date	Feb 5, 2015
Priority date	Feb 5, 2014
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A lower carbon steel alloy with specific substitutional alloying additions. The alloy is useful in the production of ASTM A516 grade pressure vessel steel plates with excellent HIC resistance. The material has a ferrite-pearlite microstructure, in normalized and stress relieved condition, appropriate for resisting hydrogen induced cracking, with isolated ferrite and pearlite constituents and no continuous pearlite bands. The material exhibits significant low temperature toughness.

First claim

1 . A steel alloy composition comprising, in weight percent:
C:0.10-0.135, Mn:0.8-1.2, P:0.012 max, S:0.002 max, Si:0.30-0.40, Cu:0.15-0.35, Ni:0.15-0.25, Al:0.02-0.05, Nb:0.015-0.030, Mo:0.06-0.09, the remainder iron and other unavoidable impurities; said composition has a CE between 0.269-0.393 and a Pcm between 0.167-0.236, wherein CE and Pcm are defined as (all elemental concentrations are in wt %):
CE=C+Mn/6+(Cu+Ni)/15+(Mo+V+Cr)/5
and
Pcm=C+Si/30+(Mn+Cu+Cr)/20+Ni/60+Mo/15+V/10+5B
said alloy having a hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) resistance such that the alloy has a Crack Length Ratio (CLR), of ≦15%, a Crack Sensitivity Ratio (CSR) of ≦5%, and a Crack Thickness Ratio (CTR); of ≦2%; said alloy further having a CVN impact energy of at least 75 ft-lb at −20 F.

2 . The steel alloy of claim 1 , wherein said CLR is ≦5%, said CSR is ≦2%, and said CTR is ≦1%.

3 . The steel alloy of claim 2 , wherein said CLR is 0%, said CSR is 0%, and said CTR is 0%.

4 . The steel alloy of claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises, in weight percent: C:0.11-0.13, Mn:0.8-1.2, P:0.012 max, S:0.002 max, Si:0.30-0.40, Cu:0.25-0.35, Ni:0.15-0.25, Al:0.02-0.04, Nb:0.016-0.020, Mo:0.06-0.08, the remainder iron and other unavoidable impurities.

5 . The steel alloy of claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises, in weight percent:
C:0.115-0.135, Mn:1.0-1.2, P:0.012 max, S:0.002 max, Si:0.03-0.04, Cu:0.25-0.32, Ni:0.15-0.22, Al:0.025-0.045, Nb:0.015-0.03, Mo:0.06-0.09, the remainder iron and other unavoidable impurities.

6 . The steel alloy of claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises, in weight percent:
C:0.11-0.13, Mn:1.0-1.20, P:0.01 Max, S:0.001 Max, Si:0.30-0.40, V:0.01 Max, Cu:0.20-0.30, Ni:0.15-0.22; Al:0.020-0.050, Nb:0.012-0.020, Ti:0.020 Max, Ca:0.0015-0.0030; and wherein said composition has a CE between 0.277-0.377 and a Pcm between 0.173-0.209.

7 . The steel alloy of claim 6 , wherein said composition comprises, in weight percent:
C:0.12, Mn:1.19, P:0.013, S:0.001, Si:0.34, Cu:0.24, Ni:0.15; Nb:0.017, Mo:0.079, Al:0.025, Ca:0.0010; and wherein said composition has a CE of 0.342.

8 . The steel alloy of claim 1 , wherein said alloy further has a CVN impact energy of at least 75 ft-lb at −80 F.

9 . The steel alloy of claim 8 , wherein said alloy further has a CVN impact energy of at least 200 ft-lb at −20 F.

10 . The steel alloy of claim 1 , wherein said alloy has a homogenous polygonal ferrite-pearlite microstructure throughout.

Assignees

• Arcelormittal

Inventors

• De Amar Kumar

Classifications

• C22C38/08

  containing nickel {(C22C38/105 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C22C38/12

  containing tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, vanadium, or niobium · CPC title

• C22C38/16 Primary

  containing copper · CPC title

• C22C38/02

  containing silicon · CPC title

• C22C38/06

  containing aluminium · CPC title