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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

The Precipitation Law of Cu Particles in Cu-Containing Ferritic Steel.

Ruidong Huang, Huimin Zhang, Chengyuan Zhang, Zhongwang Wu, Hao Sun, Xiaolong Zhao, Yanjun Di, Hao Zhang

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Ruidong HuangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, China.
Huimin ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, China.
Chengyuan ZhangInner Mongolia Baotou Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., Baotou 014010, China.
Zhongwang WuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, China.
Hao SunSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, China.
Xiaolong ZhaoJiuquan Iron and Steel Group Gansu Hongxing Hongyu New Materials Co., Ltd., Jiayuguan 735100, China.
Yanjun DiJiuquan Iron and Steel Group Gansu Hongxing Hongyu New Materials Co., Ltd., Jiayuguan 735100, China.
Hao ZhangInner Mongolia Fengzhou Materials Co., Ltd., Baotou 014010, China.

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Abstract

Regarding the precipitation behavior of Cu particles in steel, conventional studies have primarily focused on isothermal precipitation, which has limitations in characterizing precipitation kinetics under variable temperature conditions. For this purpose, in the present study, the Fe-3%Si-Cu alloy was selected as a model system to systematically investigate the regulation of Cu particle precipitation behavior and associated strengthening effects in a ferrite matrix during continuous heating-a process path that better aligns with practical conditions. The results indicate that, during the continuous heating process, an increase in the heating rate from 10 °C/h to 600 °C/h leads to a significant rise in the peak temperature, from 490.2 °C to 609.7 °C, while the time required to reach the peak temperature decreases substantially, from approximately 9.1 h to 19.6 min. Through TEM microstructure analysis and characterization, it is evident that rapid heating at 500 °C/h significantly promotes the high-density nucleation of B2 and 9R-Cu metastable phases while effectively suppressing particle coarsening. This results in a finely dispersed nano-Cu precipitate phase with an average particle size of 8.21 nm and a number density of 30.35 × 10

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Cu-containing ferritic steel continuous temperature increasedegree of subcoolingprecipitation kineticsprecipitation strengthening

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