Strength characteristics of the materials obtained by hot forging of porous powder preforms. II. Effect of heat treatment on the tensile and shear strength and the compressive yield stress

Conclusions Annealing of the powder metallurgy steels leads to a reduction in the values of the parameters _t, , and ^c_0.2. During this process, they become lower than those of the hot rolled (worked) products. However, after annealing, the stability of all the three characteristics increases. Quenching followed by a low-temperature tempering improves the parameters _t, , and ^c_0.2, but in this case, brittleness of the material increases. With increasing tempering temperature, all the three parameters decrease and at 600°C, they are virtually at the same level as that obtained after annealing at this temperature.The change in the yield stress after quenching and tempering or after annealing determines to a significant extent the nature (whether brittle or ductile) of shear fracture.Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, No. 4(280), pp. 73–75, April, 1986.