Did the First Iron Blacksmiths Learn to Carburize Iron? Part I: Can Iron be Carburized in a Charcoal-Fired Furnace?
| Autor: | John D. Verhoeven, A. H. Pendray, W. E. Dauksch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Materials science
Bar (music) Metallurgy General Engineering 02 engineering and technology Wrought iron 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 020501 mining & metallurgy Tuyere 0205 materials engineering visual_art Martensite visual_art.visual_art_medium Cylindrical enclosure General Materials Science 0210 nano-technology Charcoal |
| Zdroj: | JOM. 68:2250-2255 |
| ISSN: | 1543-1851 1047-4838 |
| Popis: | There is debate in the literature on whether or not iron can be carburized by simply inserting an iron bar into a charcoal fire. Experiments are presented here in which wrought iron bars have been held in a cylindrical enclosure filled with burning charcoal produced by air flowing up from tuyeres at the bottom with the bottom end of the bars held in the 900°C–1050°C range for 30 min. The bars carburized to a remarkable extent. Martensite case depths on a water-quenched bar were measured ranging from 0.75 mm at the hot bottom end and dropping to 0.02 mm at a distance of 295 mm (11.6 inches) up the bar. The surface of the bar was file hard over this length with measured surface hardnesses in the 60–65 Rc range. |
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