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MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aa9fd3
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ultra high strength steel; tempering; martensite; epsilon-carbide; cementite
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The aim of the research was to investigate the variation in microstructural, mechanical and tribological characteristics of 30CrMnSiNi2A ultra-high strength steel as a function of tempering temperatures. Steel was quenched at 880 degrees C and tempered at five different tempering temperatures ranging from 250 degrees C to 650 degrees C. Optical microscopy and pin on disc tribometer was used to evaluate the microstructural and wear properties. Results show that characteristics of 30CrMnSiNi2A are highly sensitive to tempering temperatures. Lathe and plate shaped martensite obtained by quenching transform first into epsilon-carbide, second cementite, third coarsened and spheroidized cementite and finally into recovered ferrite and austenite. Hardness, tensile and yield strengths decreased while elongation increased with tempering temperatures. On the other hand, wear rate first markedly decreased and then increased. Optimum amalgamation of characteristics was achieved at 350 degrees C.
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