{"id":23612,"date":"2026-10-19T02:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/?page_id=23612"},"modified":"2026-10-26T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T23:42:13","slug":"niobium-hsla-haz-toughness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/pt\/niobium-hsla-haz-toughness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenacidade da ZTA em a\u00e7os HSLA com ni\u00f3bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:36px\">Tenacidade da ZTA em a\u00e7os HSLA com ni\u00f3bio<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Um \u00fanico ciclo t\u00e9rmico de soldagem com pico a 1400 &#176;C engrossa os gr\u00e3os de austenita pr\u00e9via na zona termicamente afetada, e a microestrutura resultante \u00e9 geralmente a parte mais fr\u00e1gil de uma junta soldada. Este estudo submete onze a\u00e7os experimentais C-Mn a um desses ciclos, tr\u00eas teores de carbono cruzados com tr\u00eas teores de ni\u00f3bio mais duas variantes de mangan\u00eas com teor fixo de ni\u00f3bio, e relaciona os resultados de Charpy com duas caracter\u00edsticas medidas da microestrutura, a fra\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1rea de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o e a fra\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1rea do constituinte martensita-austenita. A linha divis\u00f3ria relatada pelo trabalho \u00e9 uma fra\u00e7\u00e3o de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o de cerca de 6%. Acima desse valor a fratura fr\u00e1gil inicia na ferrita de contorno, abaixo dele a fratura inicia nas interse\u00e7\u00f5es dos pacotes bain\u00edticos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Onze a\u00e7os experimentais em um ciclo de soldagem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A composi\u00e7\u00e3o base \u00e9 um a\u00e7o C-Mn simples. Tr\u00eas grupos compartilham 1,5% de mangan\u00eas e cont\u00eam 0,05, 0,10 e 0,15% de carbono, e dentro de cada grupo tr\u00eas a\u00e7os cont\u00eam 0, 0,015 e 0,03% de ni\u00f3bio. Isso resulta em equivalentes de carbono de 0,30, 0,35 e 0,40. Dois outros a\u00e7os mant\u00eam o ni\u00f3bio em 0,015% e variam o mangan\u00eas, um para 2,1% e outro para 0,9%, o que separa o efeito do mangan\u00eas do efeito do ni\u00f3bio. O equivalente de carbono \u00e9 calculado como C mais Si dividido por 24 mais Mn dividido por 6 mais Ni dividido por 40 mais Cr dividido por 4 mais V dividido por 14, em porcentagem de massa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">A\u00e7o<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Si<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mn<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">P<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">S<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Al<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nb<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">N<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ceq<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT7<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KT11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fonte, Tabela 1 do cap\u00edtulo de origem (p\u00e1gina 99 do PDF). Composi\u00e7\u00e3o qu\u00edmica dos onze a\u00e7os em porcentagem de massa, com o equivalente de carbono calculado pela f\u00f3rmula impressa no cap\u00edtulo. O restante de cada corrida \u00e9 ferro.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O ciclo foi escolhido para produzir o pior caso em vez de um caso m\u00e9dio, uma \u00fanica passagem com temperatura de pico de 1400 &#176;C representando uma ZTA de gr\u00e3o grosso com alto aporte t\u00e9rmico. O aquecimento ocorre a 50 &#176;C por segundo at\u00e9 o pico, a manuten\u00e7\u00e3o dura 10 segundos, o resfriamento \u00e9 de 20 K por segundo entre 1400 e 800 &#176;C e depois 2 K por segundo abaixo de 800 &#176;C. Os corpos de prova Charpy s\u00e3o de 10 por 10 por 55 mm com o entalhe posicionado na microestrutura uniforme no centro do corpo de prova, e foram rompidos a 0, menos 20 e menos 40 &#176;C para construir as curvas de transi\u00e7\u00e3o. A metalografia usou nital a 2% e ataque Le Pera, a macro dureza foi medida com carga de 10 kg e a micro dureza com carga de 10 g, e a for\u00e7a motriz para a precipita\u00e7\u00e3o de carboneto de ni\u00f3bio foi calculada com Thermo-Calc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Aobo-Steel-Niobium-HAZ-Toughness-fig-1-thermal-cycle.jpg\" alt=\"Thermal cycle used to simulate the coarse grained heat affected zone with a 1400 degrees C peak and 20 K per second cooling\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 1. O ciclo t\u00e9rmico usado para cada a\u00e7o do estudo. Aquecimento a 50 &#176;C por segundo, manuten\u00e7\u00e3o de 10 segundos a 1400 &#176;C, resfriamento a 20 K por segundo entre 1400 e 800 &#176;C e 2 K por segundo abaixo de 800 &#176;C. Reproduzido da figura de origem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Tr\u00eas microestruturas que o ciclo pode deixar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Todo corpo de prova simulado \u00e9 de gr\u00e3o grosso, com ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o nos contornos de austenita pr\u00e9via e ferrita acicular dentro dos gr\u00e3os na condi\u00e7\u00e3o de baixo ni\u00f3bio. A adi\u00e7\u00e3o de ni\u00f3bio reduz a camada de ferrita alotriom\u00f3rfica e substitui a ferrita de Widmanstatten por ferrita acicular intragranular, e com 0,03% de ni\u00f3bio a pr\u00f3pria ferrita acicular \u00e9 substitu\u00edda por uma estrutura de ripas. Aumentar o carbono com teor fixo de ni\u00f3bio faz o mesmo, portanto as duas adi\u00e7\u00f5es atuam na mesma dire\u00e7\u00e3o sobre os produtos de transforma\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O cap\u00edtulo agrupa os onze resultados em tr\u00eas categorias. A categoria I \u00e9 o a\u00e7o base com grandes \u00e1reas de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o, ferrita de Widmanstatten e pequenas \u00e1reas de perlita. A categoria II \u00e9 uma fina camada de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o mais ferrita acicular intragranular, e abrange os a\u00e7os de m\u00e9dio e alto carbono sem ni\u00f3bio juntamente com o a\u00e7o de baixo carbono com ni\u00f3bio m\u00e9dio. A categoria III \u00e9 uma estrutura bain\u00edtica de ripas com uma camada de contorno muito fina e descont\u00ednua, e abrange os equivalentes de carbono m\u00e9dio e alto com ni\u00f3bio mais o a\u00e7o de baixo carbono com alto ni\u00f3bio. O ponto que importa para o restante da p\u00e1gina \u00e9 que na categoria III n\u00e3o todo contorno de gr\u00e3o \u00e9 coberto por ferrita, e essa descontinuidade \u00e9 o que muda onde a trinca inicia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">O ni\u00f3bio abaixa a temperatura de transforma\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dilatometria registra a temperatura na qual a ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o come\u00e7a a se formar durante o resfriamento, e os valores caem \u00e0 medida que o ni\u00f3bio aumenta nos tr\u00eas grupos de carbono. Com equivalente de carbono de 0,30 a temperatura de in\u00edcio \u00e9 740 &#176;C sem ni\u00f3bio, 715 &#176;C com 0,015% e 700 &#176;C com 0,03%. Com 0,35 os tr\u00eas valores s\u00e3o 700, 670 e 660 &#176;C, e com 0,40 s\u00e3o 660, 640 e 630 &#176;C. O carbono reduz a mesma grandeza em um passo muito maior, cerca de 40 &#176;C entre os grupos de 0,30 e 0,35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Aobo-Steel-Niobium-HAZ-Toughness-fig-4-transformation-start-temperature.png\" alt=\"Transformation start temperature for grain boundary ferrite against niobium content at three carbon equivalents\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 4. Temperatura de in\u00edcio de transforma\u00e7\u00e3o da ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o em fun\u00e7\u00e3o do teor de ni\u00f3bio, uma curva por equivalente de carbono. Redesenhado da figura de origem, com a curva digitalizada a partir do gr\u00e1fico publicado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uma temperatura de in\u00edcio mais baixa significa que a nuclea\u00e7\u00e3o da ferrita \u00e9 retardada e o a\u00e7o permanece mais tempo na faixa de temperatura em que a bainita se forma, que \u00e9 exatamente a mudan\u00e7a de microestrutura descrita acima. A consequ\u00eancia pr\u00e1tica \u00e9 que o ni\u00f3bio na ZTA n\u00e3o atua apenas pelo refino de gr\u00e3o, que \u00e9 seu papel usual no metal base, mas tamb\u00e9m suprimindo a ferrita poligonal que de outra forma revestiria todo contorno de austenita pr\u00e9via.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o e a fra\u00e7\u00e3o martensita-austenita<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As fra\u00e7\u00f5es de \u00e1rea foram medidas nos corpos de prova atacados com Le Pera, e as duas caracter\u00edsticas variam em dire\u00e7\u00f5es opostas com o ni\u00f3bio. A ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o cai acentuadamente com o ni\u00f3bio no grupo de baixo carbono e apenas ligeiramente nos grupos de m\u00e9dio e alto carbono, o que o cap\u00edtulo atribui \u00e0 precipita\u00e7\u00e3o de carboneto de ni\u00f3bio consumindo a maior parte do ni\u00f3bio antes que ele possa segregar para os contornos. Variar o mangan\u00eas ou o carbono dentro de um equivalente de carbono tem pouco efeito sobre a fra\u00e7\u00e3o de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Aobo-Steel-Niobium-HAZ-Toughness-fig-8-grain-boundary-ferrite.jpg\" alt=\"Grain boundary ferrite area fraction against niobium and carbon content for the eleven simulated heats\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 8. Fra\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1rea de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o em fun\u00e7\u00e3o do teor de ni\u00f3bio para os tr\u00eas grupos de carbono. O eixo do carbono \u00e9 a terceira dimens\u00e3o do gr\u00e1fico original. Reproduzido da figura de origem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O constituinte martensita-austenita, chamado MA ao longo do cap\u00edtulo, aumenta com o ni\u00f3bio nos a\u00e7os de baixo e m\u00e9dio carbono e n\u00e3o aumenta nos a\u00e7os de alto carbono, pelo mesmo motivo. Onde o mangan\u00eas varia com teor fixo de ni\u00f3bio o efeito \u00e9 muito maior que o efeito do ni\u00f3bio. Com 2,1% de mangan\u00eas e equivalente de carbono de 0,40 a fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA atinge 5%, a mais alta da s\u00e9rie, e com 0,9% de mangan\u00eas e equivalente de carbono de 0,30 nenhum MA foi encontrado, resultado que os autores confirmaram em mais de quinze micrografias. Essa \u00fanica compara\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 a afirma\u00e7\u00e3o mais clara do cap\u00edtulo sobre qual elemento governa o MA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Dureza e as curvas de transi\u00e7\u00e3o Charpy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dureza da ZTA simulada aumenta com o carbono e com o ni\u00f3bio, acompanhando a mudan\u00e7a de ferrita para bainita descrita acima. O comportamento de transi\u00e7\u00e3o separa os a\u00e7os mais nitidamente que a dureza. A menor temperatura de transi\u00e7\u00e3o pertence ao KT4, um a\u00e7o de m\u00e9dio carbono sem ni\u00f3bio. O KT2, o a\u00e7o de baixo carbono com 0,015% de ni\u00f3bio, vem em seguida, e o KT11, o a\u00e7o de alto carbono com baixo mangan\u00eas, vem depois dele. Esses tr\u00eas compartilham uma microestrutura de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o mais ferrita acicular e t\u00eam dureza e tamanho de gr\u00e3o muito semelhantes, raz\u00e3o pela qual a ferrita acicular \u00e9 creditada com a melhor tenacidade no cap\u00edtulo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Aobo-Steel-Niobium-HAZ-Toughness-fig-12-fracture-appearance.jpg\" alt=\"Fracture appearance against test temperature for seven simulated heat affected zone microstructures\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 12. Aspecto da fratura em fun\u00e7\u00e3o da temperatura de ensaio para sete dos a\u00e7os, a 0, menos 20 e menos 40 &#176;C. Reproduzido da figura de origem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As duas piores curvas pertencem ao KT8 e ao KT10, os dois a\u00e7os com o maior equivalente de carbono de 0,40. O KT10 tem a maior fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA da s\u00e9rie e o KT8 uma das menores, no entanto suas curvas de transi\u00e7\u00e3o ficam quase sobrepostas. Os autores tiram a conclus\u00e3o diretamente, que a temperatura de transi\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 determinada pelas caracter\u00edsticas da microestrutura e n\u00e3o pela fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA, que \u00e9 o ponto no qual trabalhos anteriores nesse campo divergiam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Onde a fratura fr\u00e1gil inicia, e a regra dos 6%<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As superf\u00edcies de fratura foram examinadas para todos os a\u00e7os e o s\u00edtio de inicia\u00e7\u00e3o foi classificado em rela\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 microestrutura naquele ponto. Tr\u00eas categorias surgiram. O a\u00e7o base rompe em col\u00f4nias de perlita regenerada pr\u00f3ximas ao contorno de austenita pr\u00e9via, e os a\u00e7os com \u00e1rea relativamente grande de ferrita de contorno rompem dentro dessa ferrita. Onde a ferrita de contorno \u00e9 fina e descont\u00ednua a fratura inicia na interse\u00e7\u00e3o de pacotes bain\u00edticos com orienta\u00e7\u00f5es diferentes e se propaga pelos pacotes. A unidade de fratura foi medida nos corpos de prova a menos 40 &#176;C e resultou em cerca de 90 &#181;m para todos os a\u00e7os, portanto o ni\u00f3bio n\u00e3o altera o tamanho da unidade de clivagem nesses teores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">A\u00e7o<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C %<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ceq<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nb %<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Tamanho de gr\u00e3o, &#181;m<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Microestrutura<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o %<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">MA %<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ponto de inicia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Baixo C, Nb livre<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">348<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ferrita de Widmanstatten mais ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o mais pequenas \u00e1reas de perlita<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">14<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Perlita regenerada pr\u00f3xima ao contorno de gr\u00e3o<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Baixo C, Nb<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">207<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Estrutura de ripas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Interse\u00e7\u00e3o de pacotes bain\u00edticos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C m\u00e9dio, Nb livre<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.35<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">336<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o mais ferrita de Widmanstatten mais ferrita acicular<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No contorno de gr\u00e3o<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C m\u00e9dio, Nb<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.35<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">248<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Estrutura de ripas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Interse\u00e7\u00e3o de pacotes bain\u00edticos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C alto, Nb livre<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">342<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o mais ferrita de Widmanstatten mais ferrita acicular<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No contorno de gr\u00e3o<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C alto, Nb<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">230<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Estrutura de ripas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1.8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Interse\u00e7\u00e3o de pacotes bain\u00edticos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Baixo C, alto Mn<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">236<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Estrutura de ripas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Interse\u00e7\u00e3o de pacotes bain\u00edticos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C alto, baixo Mn<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0.015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">330<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o mais ferrita de Widmanstatten mais ferrita acicular<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No contorno de gr\u00e3o<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fonte, Tabela 2 do cap\u00edtulo de origem (p\u00e1gina 113 do PDF). Tamanho de gr\u00e3o, microestrutura, fra\u00e7\u00e3o de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o, fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA e o ponto de inicia\u00e7\u00e3o observado em corpos de prova rompidos a menos 40 \u00b0C.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lendo a tabela pela fra\u00e7\u00e3o de ferrita de contorno em vez da composi\u00e7\u00e3o, obt\u00e9m-se uma separa\u00e7\u00e3o clara. Todo a\u00e7o com 6% ou mais rompeu na ferrita de contorno ou na perlita adjacente, e todo a\u00e7o abaixo de 6% rompeu numa interse\u00e7\u00e3o de pacotes. A raz\u00e3o f\u00edsica apresentada pelo cap\u00edtulo \u00e9 um degrau de dureza: a ferrita de contorno fica cerca de 100 HV abaixo do interior do gr\u00e3o, de modo que uma camada cont\u00ednua de contorno concentra tens\u00e3o e trincas ali. Abaixo de 6% a camada j\u00e1 n\u00e3o cobre todos os gr\u00e3os, a matriz \u00e9 predominantemente bainita com MA alinhada ao longo das ripas, e a concentra\u00e7\u00e3o de tens\u00e3o desloca-se para os contornos de pacote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Aobo-Steel-Niobium-HAZ-Toughness-fig-16-initiation-site.png\" alt=\"Relationship between brittle fracture initiation site and grain boundary ferrite area fraction\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 16. Os dois comportamentos de fratura em fun\u00e7\u00e3o da fra\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1rea de ferrita de contorno de gr\u00e3o, com 6% como linha divis\u00f3ria entre um caminho de contorno cont\u00ednuo e descont\u00ednuo. Reproduzido da figura de origem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O cap\u00edtulo \u00e9 cuidadoso quanto ao alcance do valor de 6%. A fra\u00e7\u00e3o de ferrita de contorno depende da composi\u00e7\u00e3o, do ciclo t\u00e9rmico e do tamanho de gr\u00e3o austen\u00edtico pr\u00e9vio, portanto o n\u00famero \u00e9 um crit\u00e9rio para esta fam\u00edlia de a\u00e7os sob este ciclo e n\u00e3o um limiar universal para todo grau HSLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Por que o mangan\u00eas decide a fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O mecanismo proposto \u00e9 que a ferrita de contorno rejeita carbono e elementos de liga para a austenita \u00e0 sua frente \u00e0 medida que cresce, de modo que a regi\u00e3o entre a ferrita e a bainita fica enriquecida e se transforma parcialmente em MA no resfriamento subsequente. Varreduras lineares por microssonda eletr\u00f4nica nos corpos de prova simulados confirmam o enriquecimento. Carbono e mangan\u00eas segregam ambos, e o mangan\u00eas segrega mais fortemente que o carbono no a\u00e7o com 2,1% de mangan\u00eas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O a\u00e7o com 0,9% de mangan\u00eas \u00e9 o teste do mecanismo. Ele mostra claro enriquecimento de carbono no contorno, mas apenas fraca segrega\u00e7\u00e3o de mangan\u00eas, e n\u00e3o cont\u00e9m MA algum. Os autores, portanto, exigem ambas as condi\u00e7\u00f5es simultaneamente, enriquecimento de carbono e segrega\u00e7\u00e3o de elemento de liga, e observam que o pr\u00f3prio ni\u00f3bio n\u00e3o mostrou segrega\u00e7\u00e3o mensur\u00e1vel a 0,015%, n\u00edvel baixo demais para a microssonda resolver. Isso explica por que as variantes de mangan\u00eas deslocam a fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA mais do que adi\u00e7\u00f5es de ni\u00f3bio da mesma ordem, e por que o a\u00e7o com 2,1% de mangan\u00eas atinge a maior fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA da s\u00e9rie, com 5%, contra 0,2% no a\u00e7o base com 1,5% de mangan\u00eas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">O que isso significa para um pedido de a\u00e7o<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Os resultados d\u00e3o ao comprador de chapa HSLA tr\u00eas grandezas a exigir quando a tenacidade da junta soldada \u00e9 o requisito. A primeira \u00e9 o carbono equivalente, porque define tanto a temperatura de transforma\u00e7\u00e3o quanto a quantidade de bainita na ZTA de gr\u00e3o grosso. A segunda \u00e9 o teor de mangan\u00eas em rela\u00e7\u00e3o a esse carbono equivalente, porque o mangan\u00eas \u00e9 o elemento que decide se o MA se forma. A terceira \u00e9 um resultado Charpy de ZTA simulada na temperatura de servi\u00e7o mais baixa, e n\u00e3o um resultado do metal base, j\u00e1 que as propriedades do metal base nada dizem sobre a regi\u00e3o de gr\u00e3o grosso junto \u00e0 solda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ni\u00f3bio entre 0,015 e 0,03% com 1,5% de mangan\u00eas \u00e9 a condi\u00e7\u00e3o que produziu as estruturas bain\u00edticas finas com ferrita de contorno abaixo de 6% neste trabalho, e esses a\u00e7os romperam em interse\u00e7\u00f5es de pacotes e n\u00e3o ao longo dos contornos. A mesma adi\u00e7\u00e3o de ni\u00f3bio com 2,1% de mangan\u00eas produziu a maior fra\u00e7\u00e3o de MA e uma das duas piores curvas de transi\u00e7\u00e3o, portanto o ni\u00f3bio por si s\u00f3 n\u00e3o \u00e9 uma adi\u00e7\u00e3o para tenacidade. Para o contexto metal\u00fargico de como o ni\u00f3bio e o tit\u00e2nio elevam a resist\u00eancia no metal base, ver <a href=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/pt\/microalloyed-steel-strengthening-mechanisms\/\">Mecanismos de endurecimento do a\u00e7o microligado<\/a>, e para os graus de tira cujas composi\u00e7\u00f5es estes fornos experimentais modelam, ver <a href=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/pt\/microalloyed-strip-steel-compositions\/\">composi\u00e7\u00f5es de a\u00e7o de tira microligado<\/a>. O comportamento de revenimento da mesma classe de a\u00e7o de baixa liga \u00e9 abordado em <a href=\"https:\/\/aobosteel.com\/pt\/low-alloy-steel-tempering-kinetics\/\">Cin\u00e9tica de revenimento de a\u00e7o de baixa liga<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fonte: Alloy Steel, Properties and Use, InTech, 2011, Cap\u00edtulo 4, Tabelas 1 e 2 e Figuras 1, 4, 8, 12 e 16 (p\u00e1ginas 99 a 113 do PDF), licenciado CC BY 3.0. O cap\u00edtulo relata trabalho originalmente publicado nas refer\u00eancias que cita. Toda tabela e figura nesta p\u00e1gina foi renderizada a partir do PDF de origem a 300 dpi e lida c\u00e9lula por c\u00e9lula antes da reda\u00e7\u00e3o do texto acima, e os n\u00fameros foram verificados contra a camada de texto de origem, tomando-se a imagem renderizada como autoritativa onde as duas divergem. Esta p\u00e1gina \u00e9 um resumo de refer\u00eancia de pesquisa publicada e n\u00e3o uma especifica\u00e7\u00e3o da Aobo Steel, portanto confirme o grau e o procedimento de soldagem antes de os n\u00fameros serem inseridos numa folha de processo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niobium HSLA HAZ Toughness A single weld thermal cycle that peaks at 1400 &#176;C coarsens the prior austenite grains in the heat affected zone, and the microstructure it leaves behind is usually the weakest part of a welded joint. 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