In this work were evaluated the titanium and carbon effects on the hot ductility of medium carbon steels. In order to achieve this, used were the thermomechanical simulator Gleeble® 3500, for the hot tensile tests, and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to analyze the aspect of the fracture. Microstructure analysis was done by an optical microscope. Five types of steel were studied. Two of them contained 0.02% of titanium and the others contained only residual amounts of this element. The results indicated that the Ti/N ratio between 3 and 5 regards lower loss of ductility at temperatures between 700ºC and 800ºC and at these temperatures the fractures are non-ductile. Steels containing titanium also show lower austenitic grain size at temperatures near to the austenite to ferrite transformation (Ar3). Moreover, the low ductility temperature was found to be inversely proportional to the equivalent carbon content.
Titanium; carbon; hot ductility
