Influence of carbon-partitioning treatment on the microstructure, mechanical properties and wear resistance of <i>in</i> <i>situ</i> VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composite

Ping-hu Chen; Yun Zhang; Rui-qing Li; Yan-xing Liu; Song-sheng Zeng

doi:10.1007/s12613-019-1909-3

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Ping-hu Chen, Yun Zhang, Rui-qing Li, Yan-xing Liu, and Song-sheng Zeng, Influence of carbon-partitioning treatment on the microstructure, mechanical properties and wear resistance of in situ VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composite, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 1, pp. 100-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1909-3

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Ping-hu Chen, Yun Zhang, Rui-qing Li, Yan-xing Liu, and Song-sheng Zeng, Influence of carbon-partitioning treatment on the microstructure, mechanical properties and wear resistance of in situ VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composite, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 1, pp. 100-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1909-3

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Influence of carbon-partitioning treatment on the microstructure, mechanical properties and wear resistance of in situ VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composite

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Rui-qing Li E-mail: liruiqing@csu.edu.cn

Song-sheng Zeng E-mail: zsscsu@sina.com
Received: 31 May 2019; Revised: 25 September 2019; Accepted: 27 September 2019; Available online: 29 October 2019

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The wear resistance of iron (Fe)-matrix materials could be improved through the in situ formation of vanadium carbide particles (VCp) with high hardness. However, brittleness and low impact toughness limit their application in several industries due to addition of higher carbon content. Carbon-partitioning treatment plays an important role in tuning the microstructure and mechanical properties of in situ VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composite. In this study, the influences of carbon-partitioning temperatures and times on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of in situ VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composite were investigated. The experimental results indicated that a certain amount of retained austenite could be stabilized at room temperature through the carbon-partitioning treatment. Microhardness of in situ VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composite under carbon-partitioning treatment could be decreased, but impact toughness was improved accordingly when wear resistance was enhanced. In addition, the enhancement of wear resistance could be attributed to transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) effect, and phase transformation was caused from γ-Fe (face-centered cubic structure, fcc) to α-Fe (body-centered cubic structure, bcc) under a certain load.
- carbon-partitioning treatment;
- retained austenite;
- phase transformation;
- mechanical properties;
- wear resistance

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