Design of strong tough Fe/Mo/C martensitic steels and the effects of cobalt |
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Authors: | R A Clark and G Thomas |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Hearst Mining Building, 94720 Berkeley, Calif. |
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Abstract: | The microstructures and mechanical properties of a series of vacuum melted Fe/(2 to 4) Mo/(0.2 to 0.4) C steels with and without
cobalt have been investigated in the as-quenched fully martensitic condition and after quenching and tempering for 1 h at
673 K (400°C) and 873 K (600°C); austenitizing was done at 1473 K (1200°C) in argon. Very good strength and toughness properties
were obtained with the Fe/2 Mo/0.4 C alloy in the as-quenched martensitic condition and this is attributed mainly to the absence
of internal twinning. The slightly inferior toughness properties compared to Fe/Cr/C steels is attributed to the absence of
interlath retained austenite. The two 0.4 pct carbon steels having low Mo contents had approximately one-half the amount of
transformation twinning associated with the two 0.4 pct carbon steels having high Mo contents. The plane strain fracture toughness
of the steels with less twinning was markedly superior to the toughness of those steels with similar alloy chemistry which
had more heavily twinned microstructures. Experiments showed that additions of Co to a given Fe/Mo/C steel raised Ms but did not decrease twinning nor improve toughness. Molybdenum carbide particles were found in all specimens tempered at
673 K (400°C). The Fe/Mo/C system exhibits secondary hardening after tempering at 873 K (600°C). The precipitate is probably
Mo2C. This secondary hardening is associated with a reduction in toughness. Additions of Co to Fe/Mo/C steels inhibited or eliminated
the secondary hardening effect normally observed. Toughness, however, did not improve and in fact decreased with Co additions. |
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