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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1118-1120 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2011 |
Keywords
- Grain boundary segregation
- Hardenability
- Precipitation
- Steels
- Thermodynamics