Correlation of microstructure with the wear resistance and fracture toughness of duocast materials composed of high-chromium white cast iron and low-chromium steel

The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation of microstructure with wear resistance and fracture toughness in duocast materials that consisted of a high-chromium white cast iron and a low-chromium steel as the wear-resistant and ductile parts, respectively. Different shapes, sizes, volume fractions, and distributions of M₇C₃ carbides were employed in the wear-resistant part by changing the amount of chromium and molybdenum. In the alloys containing a large amount of chromium, a number of large hexagonal-shaped primary carbides and fine eutectic carbides were formed. These large primary carbides were so hard and brittle that they easily fractured or fell off from the matrix, thereby deteriorating the wear resistance and fracture toughness. In the alloys containing a smaller amount of chromium, however, a network structure of eutectic carbides having a lower hardness than the primary carbides was developed well along solidification cell boundaries and led to the improvement of both wear resistance and toughness. The addition of molybdenum also helped enhance the wear resistance by forming additional M₂C carbides without losing the fracture toughness. Under the duocasting conditions used in the present study, the appropriate compositions for wear resistance and fracture toughness were 17 to 18 pct chromium and 2 to 3 pct molybdenum.     

深冷处理对NM500耐磨钢性能与磨损行为的影响

以一种自行设计的NM500级别耐磨钢为研究对象,利用冲击磨损试验,分析了深冷处理对其组织性能和磨损行为的影响。结果表明,NM500耐磨钢经深冷处理后,抗拉强度、硬度和冲击韧性均有提高,在淬火+深冷+回火处理后,最佳的综合力学性能可达抗拉强度1 910 MPa、硬度523HB、冲击韧性24.3 J/cm2,此时试验钢组织主要为马氏体,有Nb和Ti的碳化物析出。深冷处理通过残余奥氏体向马氏体转变,减少了不稳定相的含量,提升了试验钢的力学性能,从而使淬火+深冷+回火处理后的试验钢具有更高的耐磨性,此时的磨损机制以磨粒磨损为主,磨损形貌主要为犁沟、犁皱。而未经深冷处理的淬火+回火处理试验钢磨损机制以黏着磨损为主,磨损形貌主要为剥落坑和切削。     

Effects of Rare Earths and Al on Structure and Performance of High Chromium Cast Iron Containing Wolfram

High chromiumcast ironis ani mportant grade ofwear-resistant material.It exhibits high hardness,ex-cellent wear resistance,andlowdeflection onrupture.Moreover,combined properties of high chromiumcastiron are better than that of other white cast irons.Therefore,it has many applications[1~4]in concrete,electric power,mine,metallurgy,and especially ap-plicationin ball mill with large diameter subjected toheavy i mpact loading[5].However,the brittle natureof this material often causesfailure under…     

Optimizing structure,toughness and wear performance of 15 % Cr cold work cast tool steel

A series of six Cr-, Cr + Mo-, Cr + Mo + V cold work cast tool steels were produced and investigated for microstructure, impact toughness and both experimental and industrial abrasive wear. Grain refinement of the steel matrix even in as-cast condition was obtained on using 2.3 % Mo + 0.9 % V and that ensured increasing impact toughness and abrasion resistance. An optimum impact toughness of about 85 J-cm^?2 was obtained in air quenched (970°C) and tempered (450°C) Mo + V containing steels in which area fraction of carbides reached 38 %. The abrasion resistance improved in case of steels tempered at 250°C and had fine grain structure.     

Revealing the Role of Cerium on Precipitation Behavior of In Situ TiC Particles and Wear Resistance of High-Titanium Wear-Resistant Steels

Compared to conventional martensitic wear-resistant steels of the same hardness, high-titanium wear-resistant steels with in situ TiC particles can significantly improve wear resistance. However, micron-sized TiC particles will decrease the toughness of high-titanium wear-resistant steels. Here, in order to improve wear resistance without reducing impact toughness, we incorporate 0.0025% cerium elements into high-titanium wear-resistant steels. Compared with no cerium steel, the steel containing cerium is demonstrating comparable mechanical properties, with the yield strength of 1283 MPa and impact toughness of 35.6 J, and the wear performance of the steel containing cerium is 1.78 times that of the steel with no cerium. The results show that with the addition of cerium the effective grain size of the steel decreases, and yield strength and toughness increase. The addition of cerium can form intermetallic compounds of Ce₂O₂S, which are used as heterogeneous nuclear particles in TiC to form rare earth composite particles calculated by the 2D mismatch theoretical model of Bramfitt. As the average spacing of the reinforcing phase particles in the steel decreases, the effective grain size of the steel decreases, and the number of reinforcing phase particles increases, the wear resistance of the steel with the addition of cerium is optimized.     

Abrasion and toughness property maps for WC/Co hardmetals

Abstract

WC/Co hardmetals are generally designed for applications where resistance to wear, particularly abrasion or erosion, needs to be high but without the low toughness often found in very hard materials. Consequently, mapping the relation between wear characteristics and toughness is fundamental to the process of grade selection in commercial hardmetals. In current research at NPL wear resistance has been assessed using the ASTM B611 abrasion test method and toughness through Palmqvist fracture toughness. Both these tests are now well understood, especially the uncertainties associated with the measurements. Both of the two main types of property map are considered: those concerned with properties associated with end use, e.g. abrasion and toughness; and those concerned with relating microstructural parameters to the property of interest i.e. abrasion and its dependence on WC grain size. Comments are made on the effects of WC grain size distribution and mean grain size.     

Manufacture of centrifugal cast high speed steel rolls for wire rod mills

Abstract

By means of a centrifugal casting method, high speed steel (HSS) rolls with excellent wear resistance have been manufactured. The hardness of the HSS rolls was 65–67 HRC, the range of hardness variation was smaller than 2 HRC and the impact toughness exceeded 15 J. The wear rate of the rolls was 2.5 × 10^?4 mm t^?1 of steel passing through the prefinishing stands of the high speed hot wire rod rolling mill. Casting cracking of the HSS rolls was definitely decreased and the rejection rate owing to the presence of cracks was less than 3%, as a result of the use of a two layer paint and varying the rotation rate. In addition, the segregation of alloying elements could be decreased by adding a suitable amount of niobium (0.6–2.0%).     

WC-20%Co添加陶瓷颗粒ZrO2的试验研究

利用热等静压真空烧结工艺制备了4种不同含量ZrO 2(3Y)的WC-20 %Co硬质合金.利用光学、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)进行了微观组织观察,并对试样进行了硬度测试、抗弯强度、冲击韧性和耐磨性的力学性能测试,试验结果表明ZrO 2(3Y)在WC-20 %Co基体中呈球形,均匀分布在Co相和WC相中,添加了ZrO 2(3Y)的WC-20 %Co的硬质合金抗弯强度和冲击韧性明显提高,耐磨性能有明显改善,硬度指标变化不大.     

高碳高钼高速钢导辊的研究与应用

导辊是高速线材轧机上的主要消耗工具 ,要求高耐磨性、抗粘钢性和热疲劳抗力。普通奥氏体耐热钢 ,马氏体耐磨钢或耐磨铸铁导辊满足不了上述要求 ,使用寿命短 ,降低了轧机作业率。硬质合金导辊具有良好的耐磨性和高温稳定性 ,使用效果好 ,但生产成本高。高碳高钼高速钢具有硬度高、红硬性和耐磨性好等特点 ,但铸造高速钢脆性大 ,采用RE -Mg -Ti复合变质处理 ,可以改变共晶碳化物的形态和分布 ,使铸造高速钢冲击韧性提高 86 .2 % ,热疲劳抗力和耐磨性也明显改善。变质处理高速钢导辊使用中不粘钢、不破碎、不剥落 ,使用寿命比高Ni-Cr合金铸钢导辊提高 3倍以上 ,接近硬质合金导辊     

Influence of Tempering Time on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AISI M42 High-Speed Steel

AISI M42 high-speed steel is prone to fracture as a result of its brittle martensitic microstructure together with abundant carbides located at the grain boundaries. In this study, a series of property tests including hardness, impact toughness, and wear loss were performed to study the effect of tempering conditions on the mechanical properties of AISI M42 high-speed steel over holding time ranging from 1 to 20 hours. The effects of the tempering time on the characteristics and growth of carbides were also investigated. The results indicated that carbides in the experimental steels were obviously coarsened when the tempering time exceeded 4 hours. The dimension of the carbides increased, while the volume fraction decreased with the increasing tempering time, and the grain sizes were significantly augmented due to the reducing of small carbides. Moreover, the dislocation density decreased with the increasing tempering time, which led to the reducing of the yield stress of high-speed steel. An appropriate holding time (4 hours) resulted in fine-scale secondary carbides and a smaller grain size, which efficiently improved the impact toughness and wear resistance simultaneously. Nevertheless, a prolonged tempering time (>?4 hours) promoted the coarsening and coalescence of carbides, which were detrimental to the impact toughness and wear resistance. Consequently, the formation of fine-scale secondary carbides is the major influential factor to improve both the wear resistance and impact toughness.     

Microstructure, Impact Fatigue Resistance and Impact Wear Resistance of Wear Resistant Low Cr-Si Cast Iron

Wear parts are greatly consumed in metallurgi-cal industry,fire power stations and cement works.The consumption of grinding balls and lining platesmay be the greatestunder such impactabrasive wearconditions.In China,annual consumption of ballsand plates is close to 1× 10 6 t.Therefore,develop-ing a new material for impact wear conditions is veryimportant.　　 The martensitic high chromium cast iron(WCr= 15 % ) is widely studied and used as wear resis-tance material[1— 8] ,especially for ma…     

变质处理对耐磨耐蚀铸铁组织及性能的影响

 为了提高材料在水泥混凝土搅拌和输送工况下的使用性能,以新研制的耐磨耐蚀铸铁为对象,采用复合变质处理的方法研究了变质剂加入量对该试验合金铸铁组织、力学性能和耐腐蚀磨损性能的影响。研究结果表明,复合变质处理可以细化耐磨耐蚀铸铁基体组织、消除柱状枝晶,改善碳化物形态、尺寸及分布,使碳化物由变质前的粗大棒条状变为均匀分布的短棒状和颗粒状,消除了粗大片状碳化物对材料基体的危害,使耐磨耐蚀铸铁的性能得到改善。变质剂加入量增加,耐磨耐蚀铸铁的冲击韧度和耐磨耐蚀性能均有较大提高。与变质前相比,加入0.25%和0.50%复合变质剂处理的试验合金铸铁,其冲击韧度和相对耐腐蚀磨损性能分别提高了22.9%、58.3%和16%、23%,基体硬度略有降低,达到了预期效果。     

Wear behaviour of stainless steel sintered and alloyed with titanium,cobalt and molybdenum

Abstract

In this study, a powder mixture was prepared by adding 1–3 wt-% of FeMo, FeTi and Co powders to the austenitic stainless steel powders and samples were produced by the powder metallurgy method. Attempts were made to establish correlations between the microstructure, hardness, toughness, and abrasive wear values of these samples. Wear resistance of the materials was measured by a two body pin-on-disk wear tester. SiC abrasive papers of 65 μm and 177 μm sizes were used as the abrasive media. Wear tests were performed at the loads of 10, 20, and 30 N at room temperature. They showed that the softer, base austenitic stainless steel exhibited higher mass loss than the alloyed samples. Furthermore, the abrasive wear resistance of the base austenitic stainless steel composites increased with increasing FeTi, FeMo,Co content. The wear rate with the 177 μm SiC abrasive paper increased more than that with the 65 μm SiC abrasive paper.     

Influence of Ni Content on the Microstructure and Dry Sliding Wear Properties of Cr<Subscript>13</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>5</Subscript>Si<Subscript>2</Subscript>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">γ</Emphasis> Intermetallic Alloys

The effect of Ni content on microstructure, hardness, and wear resistance was studied for the Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂-base intermetallic alloys toughened by Ni-base solid solution (γ). Volume fraction and microhardness of the Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂ primary dendrite as well as the average hardness of the Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂/γ alloy decrease with the increasing Ni content. The Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂/γ alloys have excellent wear resistance under dry sliding wear test conditions, which increases under high contact load wear conditions and decreases under low contact load wear test conditions with the increasing Ni content. The high wear resistance is due to the combination of high toughness of γ and high hardness of Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂ and formation of a transferred cover layer on the worn surface during wear process. The wear rate of the Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂/γ alloy is governed by the slow process of microspalling or pullout of the cracked Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂ primary dendrites. The Cr₁₃Ni₅Si₂/γ alloys have extremely low load sensitivity of wear and the load-sensitivity coefficient of wear decreases drastically as the Ni content increases.     

Effect of Microstructure on Impact Fatigue Resistance and Impact Wear Resistance of Medium Cr-Si Cast Iron

 A great amount of iron grinding balls in tube mills have been consumed. Under this impact abrasive wear working condition, the failure of wear resistant alloying white irons grinding balls is mainly caused by fatigue spalling. The impact wear resistance of martensitic high chromium cast iron (Cr of 15%) is not high sometimes, but its cost is not low. Thus, medium Cr Si wear resistant cast iron is recommended. The influence of the iron on impact fatigue resistance and impact wear resistance is pronounced. Ball on ball impact fatigue test and high stress impact wear test of the grinding balls have been carried out. The results show that the impact fatigue resistance (IFR) and impact wear resistance (IWR) of medium Cr Si cast iron are superior to those of martensitic high chromium cast iron (Cr of 15%). The main reasons are that (1) the stress in medium Cr Si cast iron is released in the as cast state; (2) the matrix is fine pearlite with better toughness and plasticity; (3) the pearlite is more stable compared with a retained austenite under repeated impact load and less phase transformation can take place; (4) high silicon content improves the morphology of eutectic carbide; (5) there is no secondary carbide which results in less crack sources. All these factors are beneficial to improvement of impact fatigue spalling resistance. The eutectic carbide M7C3 is the main constituent to resist wear.     

Influence of matrix structure on the abrasion wear resistance and toughness of a hot isostatic pressed white iron matrix composite

The influence of the matrix structure on the mechanical properties of a hot isostatic pressed (hipped) white iron matrix composite containing 10 vol pct TiC is investigated. The matrix structure was systematically varied by heat treating at different austenitizing temperatures. Various subsequent treatments were also employed. It was found that an austenitizing treatment at higher temperatures increases the hardness, wear resistance, and impact toughness of the composite. Although after every different heat treatment procedure the matrix structure of the composite was predominantly martensitic, with very low contents of retained austenite, some other microstructural features affected the mechanical properties to a great extent. Abrasion resistance and hardness increased with the austenitizing temperature because of the higher carbon content in martensite in the structure of the composite. Optimum impact energy values were obtained with structures containing a low amount of M (M₇C₃+M₂₃C₆) carbides in combination with a decreased carbon content martensite. Structure austenitized at higher temperatures showed the best tempering response. A refrigerating treatment was proven beneficial after austenitizing the composite at the lower temperature. The greatest portion in the increased martensitic transformation in comparison to the unreinforced alloy, which was observed particularly after austenitizing the composite at higher temperatures,^[1] was confirmed to be mechanically induced. The tempering cycle might have caused some additional chemically induced transformation. The newly examined iron-based composite was found to have higher wear resistance than the most abrasion-resistant ferroalloy material (white cast iron).     

Microstructure and Abrasive Wear Behavior of Medium Carbon Low Alloy Martensitic Abrasion Resistant Steel

The effect of processing parameters such as hot rolling and heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties was investigated for a new 0.27mass% C and Ni,Mo-free low alloy martensitic abrasion resistant steel.The three-body impact abrasive wear behavior was also analyzed.The results showed that two-step controlled rolling besides quenching at 880℃and tempering at 170℃could result in optimal mechanical property:the Brinell hardness,tensile strength,elongation and-40 ℃impact toughness were 531,1 530 MPa,11.8% and 58J,respectively.The microstructure was of fine lath martensite with little retained austenite.Three-body impact abrasive wear results showed that wear mechanism was mainly of plastic deformation fatigue when the impact energy was 2J, and the relative wear resistance was 1.04times higher than that of the same grade compared steel under the same working condition.The optimal hardness and toughness match was the main reason of higher wear resistance.     

Some observations of the influence of δ-ferrite content on the hardness,galling resistance,and fracture toughness of selected commercially available iron-based hardfacing alloys

Iron-based weld hardfacing deposits are used to provide a wear-resistant surface for a structural base material. Iron-based hardfacing alloys that are resistant to corrosion in oxygenated aqueous environments contain high levels of chromium and carbon, which results in a dendritic microstructure with a high volume fraction of interdendrite carbides which provide the needed wear resistance. The ferrite content of the dendrites depends on the nickel content and base composition of the iron-based hardfacing alloy. The amount of ferrite in the dendrites is shown to have a significant influence on the hardness and galling wear resistance, as determined using ASTM G98 methods. Fracture-toughness (K _IC) testing in accordance with ASTM E399 methods was used to quantify the damage tolerance of various iron-based hardfacing alloys. Fractographic and microstructure examinations were used to determine the influence of microstructure on the wear resistance and fracture toughness of the iron-based hardfacing alloys. A crack-bridging toughening model was shown to describe the influence of ferrite content on the fracture toughness. A higher ferrite content in the dendrites of an iron-based hardfacing alloy reduces the tendency for plastic stretching and necking of the dendrites, which results in improved wear resistance, high hardness, and lower fracture-toughness values. A NOREM 02 hardfacing alloy has the most-optimum ferrite content, which results in the most-desired balance of galling resistance and high K _IC values.     

Mechanical properties of Al-60 Pct SiC<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> composites alloyed with Mg

In the present work, the effect of an Mg addition on the mechanical properties of the Al-60 vol pct SiCp composites were investigated by uniaxial compression, three-point bending, impact and wear tests (composite-metal and composite-abrasive types). The composites were produced by the pressure-infiltration technique. The composition of the Al matrix was varied between 0 and 8 pct Mg. The mean diameter of the SiC particles was 23 μm. Upon addition of Mg, Mg₂Si precipitated in the matrix and the amount of the porosity dramatically decreased. Mg-alloyed-matrix composites exhibited higher strength, lower toughness, and higher wear resistance than pure-Al-matrix composites. During composite-metal wear testing, wear progressed in two sequential periods (running-in and steady state). Weight loss during wear testing decreased with increasing Mg content of the matrix. The degree of improvement of abrasive resistance depended on the abrasive-grain size. Above 200 °C, the composite-abrasive wear resistance decreased with increasing test temperature for all materials.