학술논문

Lean Cr iron powders for obtaining high performance PM steel grades.
Document Type
Article
Source
Powder Metallurgy. Apr2012, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p92-94. 3p.
Subject
*POWDER metallurgy
*IRON metallurgy
*IRON powder
*ALLOYS
*SINTERING
*ISOSTATIC pressing
Language
ISSN
0032-5899
Abstract
Ecological and economic demands are driving PM markets to incorporate less expensive, yet effective, alloying elements in iron based powders. To investigate their potential for this purpose recently developed sinter-hardening iron powders containing Cr and smaller amounts of Mo and Ni were industrially sintered at 1120 and at 1240°C under laboratory conditions. One set of samples, containing 0·8% graphite additions, was cooled so to obtain sinter-hardened steels. A second set of samples, containing 0·3% graphite, was cooled under normal conditions and subjected to a secondary carburising treatment. The microstructures and mechanical properties developed were compared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]