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VOLUME 55 (2017), Issue 5

Effect of spheroidizing heat treatment on the microstructure, hardness and toughness of high carbon powder metallurgy steel
ALTUNTAS, O.. GÜRAL, A.
vol. 55 (2017), no. 5, pp. 303 - 310

Abstract
Microstructure and toughness properties of high carbon powder metal steels, to which spheroidizing heat treatments were applied by using three different methods, were investigated. For this purpose, 1.4 wt.% natural graphite was added to NC100.24 pure iron powders. They were compacted under 700 MPa pressure in the dimensions of 5 × 10 × 55 mm3 at room temperature in a mold in accordance with ASTM E-23 standard, and then they were sintered at 1180 °C under shielding argon gas atmosphere. In sintered samples, primary cementite + lamellar pearlitic structures were produced. After sintering process, spheroidizing process was applied by using three different methods. First one of these methods was to expose samples to conventional spheroidizing heat treatment for 5–40 h at 705 °C below Ac1 eutectoid temperature. By using the second method, the samples were subjected to spheroidizing process repetitively for 5 and 40 h in the temperature range of 705 and 735 °C below and above the Ac1 eutectoid temperature. Thirdly, the samples quenched at 950 °C were over-tempered for 0.5–5 h at 505 and 705 °C. It was understood that at the end of the spheroidizing process, there was no direct correlation between toughness and hardness but toughness was more correlated with the cementite distribution and morphology in the microstructure. After quenching, the spheroidized samples showed more superior toughness and hardness properties by using the over-tempering method.

Key words
spheroidizing heat treatment, powder metal steel, spherical cementite, toughness

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