Microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of VC<sub>p</sub>-reinforced Fe-matrix composites treated by Q&P process

Ping-hu Chen; Yi-bo Li; Rui-qing Li; Ri-peng Jiang; Song-sheng Zeng; Xiao-qian Li

doi:10.1007/s12613-018-1657-9

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Ping-hu Chen, Yi-bo Li, Rui-qing Li, Ri-peng Jiang, Song-sheng Zeng, and Xiao-qian Li, Microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of VC_p-reinforced Fe-matrix composites treated by Q&P process, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 25(2018), No. 9, pp. 1060-1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1657-9

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Ping-hu Chen, Yi-bo Li, Rui-qing Li, Ri-peng Jiang, Song-sheng Zeng, and Xiao-qian Li, Microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composites treated by Q&P process, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 25(2018), No. 9, pp. 1060-1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1657-9

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Microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of VC_p-reinforced Fe-matrix composites treated by Q&P process

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Yi-bo Li E-mail: yibo.li@csu.edu.cn

Song-sheng Zeng E-mail: zsscsu@sina.com
Received: 10 January 2018; Revised: 4 April 2018; Accepted: 13 April 2018

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A quenching and partitioning (Q&P) process was applied to vanadium carbide particle (VCp)-reinforced Fe-matrix composites (VC-Fe-MCs) to obtain a multiphase microstructure comprising VC, V₈C₇, M₃C, α-Fe, and γ-Fe. The effects of the austenitizing temperature and the quenching temperature on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of the VC-Fe-MCs were studied. The results show that the size of the carbide became coarse and that the shape of some particles began to transform from diffused graininess into a chrysanthemum-shaped structure with increasing austenitizing temperature. The microhardness decreased with increasing austenitizing temperature but substantially increased after wear testing compared with the microhardness before wear testing; the microhardness values improved by 20.0% ±2.5%. Retained austenite enhanced the impact toughness and promoted the transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) effect to improve wear resistance under certain load conditions.
- vanadium carbide;
- Fe-matrix composites;
- quenching and partitioning process;
- transformation-induced plasticity effect;
- microhardness;
- impact toughness;
- wear resistance

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