Boron distribution in a low-alloy steel |
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Authors: | Yoon -Suk Choi Sung -Joon Kim Ik -Min Park Kwang -Woo Kwon In -Suk Yoo |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Pusan National University, 609-735 Pusan, Korea;(2) Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, 641-010 Changwon, Korea;(3) Material R & D Team, Samsung Heavy Industry Co., 641-290 Changwon, Korea |
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Abstract: | Boron distribution in a low-alloy steel (15B26:0.25C-0.29Cr-0.03Ti-0.028Al-0.0016B) has been characterized employing Fission
Track Etching (FTE) method. The characteristics of boron distribution with variation of cooling rate after austenitization
and through case-hardened depth after carburization were analyzed. Hardenability of 15B26 steel was also evaluated through
Jominy-end-quench test and the results are as follows: It was observed that, in austenitized 15B26 steel, boron was distributed
uniformly over the whole area of specimen with a little segregation along the austenite grain boundaries at higher cooling
rates and boron precipitates were formed in the intergranular as well as transgranular regions at lower cooling rates. Jominy
equivalents (HRC 35) of 15B26 steel were fairly increased between the Jominy temperatures of 820°C and 850°C, which might
result from the increase of the amount of soluble boron in austenite due to the dissolution of borocarbides between 820°C
and 850°C. In carburized 15B26 steel, the different through thickness features of boron distribution from the carburized surface
were found; coarse nodular boron precipitates up to the depth of 150 μm; uniform distribution of dissolved boron between 150~650
μm; and segregation of boron atoms along grain boundaries in the regions deeper than 650 μm. |
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