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Study on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of H13 Tool Steel After Chromium Content Reduction |
ZHANG Jinxiang1,OUYANG Xi1,ZHOU Jian1 ,ZHANG Jishan2
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1 Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metallurgy Research Institute,Ganzhou 341000; 2 State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083 |
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Abstract Properties of traditional H13 steel with 5% Cr and modified H13 steel with 3% Cr were compared, relevant microstructures and phase composition were also investigated using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, and the effect of Cr on the microstructures and properties of H13 steel were studied. The results demonstrated that the tempering resistance and high temperature strength of H13 steel were remarkably enhanced by reducing the Cr content, mainly related to the level of recovery of martensite and the types of precipitates during tempering. When the traditional H13 steel was tempered at 650 ℃, the martensite was almost completely recovered and a large amount of near spherical Cr7C3 and M6C type carbides with a size of about 120 nm were precipitated along the original martensite lath boundaries and grain boundaries, reducing the second phase reinforcement effect. But for the modified H13 steel with 3% Cr, the lath martensite with high dislocation density was still observed after 650 ℃ tempering, and intensive plate-like VC type carbides with a length of about 25 nm and thickness about 2.5 nm were found within the martensite lath. The dispersed VC carbide precipitated during tempering significantly inhibited the recovery of martensite, thus enhancing the high temperature properties.
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Published: 25 April 2018
Online: 2018-05-11
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