Microstructure evolution in warm forged sintered ultrahigh carbon steel

• Autorzy: Szczepanik S. , Nikiel P. , Mitchell S. C. , Kawalla R.

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DOI

10.1016/j.acme.2014.12.008

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Fe–1.4C–0.65Si–0.85Mo ultrahigh carbon steel was liquid phase sintered in 10%H2–90%N2 at 1300 °C from Höganas Astaloy 85 Mo HP base iron, fine graphite and silicon carbide powders mixed with polypropylene glycol. The microstructure then comprised fine pearlite and grain boundary cementite networks and the density increased from ∼6.8 g cm−3 to ∼7.7 g cm−3. A group of specimens then underwent austenitisation, isothermal quenching/autotempering at M(10%) temperature, followed by cooling to room temperature. This produced a crack-free martensitic microstructure, which transformed to ferrite plus fine spheroidised carbides by annealing for 3 h at 750 °C. To attain full density and well-distributed submicron carbides, these specimens were warm forged at 700–750 °C. To ascertain if some processing steps can be discarded, as-sintered and quenched samples were similarly thermo-mechanically processed. The required stresses and resultant microstructures depended on temperature and strain rate, with optimum microstructure, for Bähr processing at 775 °C of quenched material, fully comparable with that of prior spheroidised specimens. Microstructures and hardness values are presented for all processing routes.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

spheroidised ultrahigh carbon steel; densification; liquid phase sintering; forging

PL

stal węglowa; kucie; spiekanie

• Wydawca: Springer ; Wrocław University of Science and Technology
• Czasopismo: Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 15, no. 2
• Strony: 301--307
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Szczepanik S.

• AGH - University of Science and Technology, Department of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, Krakow, Poland

autor

Nikiel P.

• AGH - University of Science and Technology, Department of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, Krakow, Poland

autor

Mitchell S. C.

• University of Bradford, Engineering Materials Research Group, United Kingdom

autor

Kawalla R.

• TU BA Freiberg, Metal Forming Institut, Freiberg, Germany

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