AbstractTensile samples of a C–Mn–Nb–Al steel (BS 4360: 50D grade) have been cast in situ and either directly tested in the temperature range 850–1200°C, or were allowed to cool through the transformation, re–solution treated, and then tested in the same temperature range. The hot ductility of the directly tested cast material was found to be superior to that of the reheated material. Carbon extraction replicas taken close to the fracture surfaces showed large differences in the distribution of sulphide inclusions and NbCN precipitates along the γ boundaries. The directly cast material had sulphide inclusions and NbCN precipitates present in the form of coarse particles situated close to the interdendritic boundaries. A significant proportion of these coarse sulphide inclusions and NbCN eutectics, produced during solidification, redissolved on reheating at 1330°C, and subsequently precipitated in a much finer form at the γ grain boundaries, reducing hot ductility. It appears likely that the very marked se...
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