Role of microstructures on the improved fracture toughness has been analyzed for the heat affected zone of weldment in Ti-killed steel. A microstructural features of Ti-killed steel is decrease of coarse bainitic ferrite, α
B°, and increase of the mixed area of α
B°and quasipolygonal ferrite, α
q, besides the presence of intragranular ferrite. The brittle fracture initiation is not from large particles or inclusions, but at the intersections of small α
B° grains with different orientations in a mixed area of α
B° and α
q in the proximity of boundary between coarse α
B°. Ductile crack growth resistance represented by the slop of R-curve is also higher in Ti-killed steel compared with Al-killed steel. Together with observation of deformed microstructures, it is discussed that the decrease of coarse α
B° grains in Ti-killed steel suppresses brittle fracture initiation by reducing plastic constraint and the increase in the mixed area of α
B° and α
q enhances ductile crack growth resistance by accommodating large strain.
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