Investigation of the Effect of Tempering and Cryogenic Treatment on Mechanical Properties of Boron Steels

Autor: Gözde ALTUNTAŞ, Ömer Faruk KAPLAN, Bülent BOSTAN
Jazyk: English<br />Turkish
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 300-308 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2147-9526
DOI: 10.29109/gujsc.1271368
Popis: Boron steels are a group of steels that stand out with their high wear resistance and hardenability. In this study, 33MnCrB5-2 boron steel was shaped by applying hot forging process. After the hot forging process, the microstructure examinations and mechanical tests of the materials were carried out. A group of materials was cryogenically treated at -80 °C for 2 hours. Then, a different group of materials was austenitized at 890 °C and quenched, and then tempered at 400 °C for 90 minutes. In the last group of materials, after tempering heat treatment, cryogenic treatment was applied at -80 °C for 2 hours. Hardness and abrasion tests were carried out on the samples that were subjected to cryogenic treatment and tempering heat treatment. Microstructure analyzes were examined with the help of scanning electron microscope (SEM) and optical microscope. Element distributions from different regions in the microstructure were analyzed with energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS). The crystallite size of the materials were calculated by X-ray diffraction. The results showed that the hardness value and wear resistance of the samples that were cryogenically treated after tempering gave higher values compared to the other samples.
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