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Brief introduction: Dual-phase steel (DP steel)
Dual-phase steel (DP steel) is a high-strength steel that has a ferritic–martensitic microstructure.
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Dual-phase steel (DP steel) is a high-strength steel that has a ferritic–martensitic microstructure. DP steels are produced from low or medium carbon steels that are quenched from a temperature above A1 but below A3 determined from continuous cooling transformation diagram. This results in a microstructure consisting of a soft ferrite matrix containing islands of martensite as the secondary phase (martensite increases the tensile strength). Therefore, the overall behaviour of DP steels is governed by the volume fraction, morphology (size, aspect ratio, interconnectivity, etc.), the grain size and the carbon content.[1] For achieving these microstructures, DP steels typically contain 0.06–0.15 wt.% C and 1.5-3% Mn (the former strengthens the martensite, and the latter causes solid solution strengthening in ferrite, while both stabilize the austenite), Cr & Mo (to retard pearlite or bainite formation), Si (to promote ferrite transformation), V and Nb (for precipitation strengthening and microstructure refinement). The desire to produce high strength steels with formability greater than microalloyed steel led the development of DP steels in the 1970s.

DP steels have high ultimate tensile strength (UTS, enabled by the martensite) combined with low initial yielding stress (provided by the ferrite phase), high early-stage strain hardening and macroscopically homogeneous plastic flow (enabled through the absence of Lüders effects). These features render DP steels ideal materials for automotive-related sheet forming operations.


The steel melt is produced in an oxygen top blowing process in the converter, and undergoes an alloy treatment in the secondary metallurgy phase. The product is aluminium-killed steel, with high tensile strength achieved by the composition with manganese, chromium and silicon.


Their advantages are as follows:


Low yield strength
Low yield to tensile strength ratio (yield strength / tensile strength = 0.5)
High initial strain hardening rates
Good uniform elongation
A high strain rate sensitivity (the faster it is crushed the more energy it absorbs)[4]
Good fatigue resistance
Due to these properties DP steels are often used for automotive body panels, wheels, and bumpers

Description
Dual Phase steels offer a good combination of strength and stampability as a result of their microstructure, in which a hard martensitic or bainitic phase is dispersed in a ductile ferritic matrix. These steels have high strain hardenability. This gives them not only good strain redistribution capability and thus stampability, but also finished part mechanical properties, including yield strength, that are far superior to those of the flat metal. The yield strength of Dual Phase steels is further increased by the paint baking (also called Bake Hardening, BH) process.


This high level of mechanical strength obtained in parts lends these steels excellent fatigue strength and good energy-absorption capacity, making them suitable for use in structural parts and reinforcements. Their strong strain hardening combined with a pronounced bake hardening effect gives them excellent potential for reducing the weight of structural parts and even skin parts, especially in the case of CR290Y490T-GI-E Extragal® or Ultragal®.


Applications
Given their high energy absorption capacity and fatigue strength, cold-rolled Dual Phase Steels are particularly well suited for the manufacture of automotive structural and safety parts such as longitudinal beams, crossmembers and reinforcements.


CR290Y490T-GI-E Extragal® or Ultragal® steel can be used to make visible parts with 20% higher dent resistance than conventional high strength steels, resulting in a potential weight saving of some 15%.



As a result of its mechanical strength, hot-rolled Dual Phase 600 can be used to reduce the weight of structural parts by decreasing their thickness. Relevant automotive applications include:


Wheel webs
Lightweight sections
Strut mounts
Fasteners

Generic name Max. C (%) Max. Si (%) Max. Mn (%) Max. P (%) Max. S (%) Al (%) Max. Cu (%) Max. B (%) Max. Ti + Nb (%) Max. Cr + Mo (%)
DP450 0.14 0.5 1.8 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1
DP500 / FF280DP 0.14 0.5 1.8 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1 0.2 0.005 0.15 1
DP600 0.15 0.8 2.5 0.05 0.01 0.010 - 1.5 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP600Y420 0.15 0.8 2.5 0.05 0.01 0.010 - 1.5 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP780Y450 0.18 0.8 2.5 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP780Y450 LCE 0.10 0.8 2.5 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP780Y500 0.18 0.8 2.5 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP780Y500 LCE 0.1 0.8 2.5 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DF140T 0.17 0.4 1.7 0.02 0.01 ≥ 0.010 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.0
DP980Y600 LCE 0.11 1.0 2.9 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP980Y700 0.23 1.0 2.9 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP980Y700 LCE 0.11 1.0 2.9 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.4
DP1180Y800 0.23 1.0 2.9 0.05 0.01 0.015 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.0
DP1180Y900 0.23 1.0 2.9 0.05 0.01 0.15 - 1.0 0.2 0.005 0.15 1.0


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