Different Heat Treatment parameters investigation on microstructure, mechanical and wear properties of Hadfield Steel
(2021) MMTM05 20211Production and Materials Engineering
- Abstract
- Hadfield Steels make up a significant group of steels that can perform with their higher strength, excellent wear resistance, and good formability. To achieve this distinctive behavior along with the alloy compositions, heat treatment is also a vital factor. Alloy carbides can be controlled with various heat treatment techniques, as they directly affect the loss in strength, which eventually leads to making the material more brittle. The changing times require all the materials to be more efficient from all the perspectives one could ever imagine. The steel industry must continue to look into the introduction of unique heat treatment techniques. The current study examines the microstructure using Optical Microscope (Alicona), Scanning... (More)
- Hadfield Steels make up a significant group of steels that can perform with their higher strength, excellent wear resistance, and good formability. To achieve this distinctive behavior along with the alloy compositions, heat treatment is also a vital factor. Alloy carbides can be controlled with various heat treatment techniques, as they directly affect the loss in strength, which eventually leads to making the material more brittle. The changing times require all the materials to be more efficient from all the perspectives one could ever imagine. The steel industry must continue to look into the introduction of unique heat treatment techniques. The current study examines the microstructure using Optical Microscope (Alicona), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), followed by mechanical characterization of three different Hadfield Steel Grades (M1, M2, and M7) after implementing seven different heat treatment cycles and an aqueous quenching medium in this frame of reference. To complement this experimental work, an extensive literature review has been carried out to foresee the outcomes. This study reveals that Steels M1 and M2 behave identically to the implemented heat treatment cycles as they have similar microstructures, M7 has more admirable grain boundaries. All the grades (M1, M2, and M7) show their tendency towards the optimal hardness values accordingly to the Heat Treatment cycle. Categorized based on the heat-treatment used, the microstructures were mostly austenite matrix both with and without carbides at either the grain boundaries and in the austenitic grains in all scenarios. To sum up, this is a vast area to explore. All the small details concerning the heating and quenching play a crucial role in developing the heat treatment cycle and so the Hadfield steel. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- Hadfield Steels make up a significant group of steels that can perform with their higher strength, excellent wear resistance, and good formability. To achieve this distinctive behavior along with the alloy compositions, heat treatment is also a vital factor. Alloy carbides can be controlled with various heat treatment techniques, as they directly affect the loss in strength, which eventually leads to making the material more brittle. The changing times require all the materials to be more efficient from all the perspectives one could ever imagine. The steel industry must continue to look into the introduction of unique heat treatment techniques. The current study examines the microstructure using Optical Microscope (Alicona), Scanning... (More)
- Hadfield Steels make up a significant group of steels that can perform with their higher strength, excellent wear resistance, and good formability. To achieve this distinctive behavior along with the alloy compositions, heat treatment is also a vital factor. Alloy carbides can be controlled with various heat treatment techniques, as they directly affect the loss in strength, which eventually leads to making the material more brittle. The changing times require all the materials to be more efficient from all the perspectives one could ever imagine. The steel industry must continue to look into the introduction of unique heat treatment techniques. The current study examines the microstructure using Optical Microscope (Alicona), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), followed by mechanical characterization of three different Hadfield Steel Grades (M1, M2, and M7) after implementing seven different heat treatment cycles and an aqueous quenching medium in this frame of reference. To complement this experimental work, an extensive literature review has been carried out to foresee the outcomes. This study reveals that Steels M1 and M2 behave identically to the implemented heat treatment cycles as they have similar microstructures, M7 has more admirable grain boundaries. All the grades (M1, M2, and M7) show their tendency towards the optimal hardness values accordingly to the Heat Treatment cycle. Categorized based on the heat-treatment used, the microstructures were mostly austenite matrix both with and without carbides at either the grain boundaries and in the austenitic grains in all scenarios. To sum up, this is a vast area to explore. All the small details concerning the heating and quenching play a crucial role in developing the heat treatment cycle and so the Hadfield steel. (Less)
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- author
- Kulkarni, Rahul Milind LU and Kolekar, Vishwajit Vishnu LU
- supervisor
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- Latifa Melk LU
- organization
- course
- MMTM05 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Hadfield Steel, Heat Treatment, Microstructural evolution, Carbides, Austenitization temperature
- report number
- LUTMDN/(TMMV-5325)/1-88/2021
- language
- English
- id
- 9054311
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-14 22:30:17
- date last changed
- 2021-06-14 22:30:17
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abstract = {{Hadfield Steels make up a significant group of steels that can perform with their higher strength, excellent wear resistance, and good formability. To achieve this distinctive behavior along with the alloy compositions, heat treatment is also a vital factor. Alloy carbides can be controlled with various heat treatment techniques, as they directly affect the loss in strength, which eventually leads to making the material more brittle. The changing times require all the materials to be more efficient from all the perspectives one could ever imagine. The steel industry must continue to look into the introduction of unique heat treatment techniques. The current study examines the microstructure using Optical Microscope (Alicona), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), followed by mechanical characterization of three different Hadfield Steel Grades (M1, M2, and M7) after implementing seven different heat treatment cycles and an aqueous quenching medium in this frame of reference. To complement this experimental work, an extensive literature review has been carried out to foresee the outcomes. This study reveals that Steels M1 and M2 behave identically to the implemented heat treatment cycles as they have similar microstructures, M7 has more admirable grain boundaries. All the grades (M1, M2, and M7) show their tendency towards the optimal hardness values accordingly to the Heat Treatment cycle. Categorized based on the heat-treatment used, the microstructures were mostly austenite matrix both with and without carbides at either the grain boundaries and in the austenitic grains in all scenarios. To sum up, this is a vast area to explore. All the small details concerning the heating and quenching play a crucial role in developing the heat treatment cycle and so the Hadfield steel.}},
author = {{Kulkarni, Rahul Milind and Kolekar, Vishwajit Vishnu}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Different Heat Treatment parameters investigation on microstructure, mechanical and wear properties of Hadfield Steel}},
year = {{2021}},
}