Effect of Post-Weld Intercritical Annealing on the Microstructure and Tensile Properties of a Gas Tungsten Arc Welded DP700 Steel

Subject Areas : Welding

Hamid Ashrafi ¹ , Sayyed Erfan Aghili ²

1 - Faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, 3619995161, Iran
2 - Materials Engineering Group, Golpayegan College of Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Golpayegan 87717-67498, Iran.

Received: 2021-08-02 Accepted : 2021-10-13 Published : 2021-11-01

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