DSC Investigations of the Phase Transition in the High Strength Steel S960QL

Abstract

Studies of the heat capacity temperature characteristics for microalloyed high strength steel S960QL is reported. The investigations were concentrated in the region of the second order phase transition. Experiments were carried out using the Differential Scanning Calorimeter DSC 404F1 Pegasus (Netzsch). As a tested material a sample from the high strength steel S960QL was used within temperature range of 50-1100 °C. In addition to this dilatometric investigations with the same temperature range as DSC ones were carried out using Netzsch dilatometer DIL 402C. Measurements of thermal characteristic, i.e. the heat capacity cp(T) and thermal expansion α*(T) were performed several times in order to observe thermal processes taking place in microalloyed high strength steel. Previous investigations have revealed the thermal hysteresis of the linear expansion in the region of the second order magnetic phase transition in the S960QL steel.