5/2/2019 Temperature effects

All metals �creep� under stress at high temperature and in their manufactured form, components may deform. In fact for high
temperature applications creep is generally the important criteria in the selection of metals

Looking at the graph above the air cooled steel results in the finest grain structure and the best creep strength. The slow cooled steel
had about 20% ferrite in the structure. The quenched steels results in course precipitates in the grain structure.

The effect of alloying on the long term creep resistance of steels is shown in the figure below.

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