Austenitizing temperature and hardenability of low-carbon boron steels

Byoungchul Hwang, Dong Woo Suh, Sung Joon Kim

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Abstract

The hardenability of boron steels was discussed in terms of precipitation behavior and phase stability of M23(C,B)6 borocarbide in accordance with austenitizing temperature. A higher austenitizing temperature reduced the hardenability of Mo-added boron steel by the preferred precipitation of borocarbide because it caused a significant increase in boron concentration segregated to the austenite grain boundary due to grain coarsening and a non-equilibrium segregation mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1118-1120
Number of pages3
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume64
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

Keywords

  • Grain boundary segregation
  • Hardenability
  • Precipitation
  • Steels
  • Thermodynamics

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