The Effect of Cooling Rate on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Fe-3%Mn-(Cr)-(Mo)-C PM Steels

  • Sulowski, Maciej (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science) ;
  • Cias, Andrzej (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science) ;
  • Frydrych, Hanna (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science) ;
  • Frydrych, Jerzy (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science) ;
  • Olszewska, Irena (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science) ;
  • Golen, Ryszard (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science) ;
  • Sowa, Marek (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science)
  • Published : 2006.09.24

Abstract

The effect of different cooling rate on the structure and mechanical properties of Fe-3%Mn-(Cr)-(Mo)-0.3%C steels is described. Pre-alloyed Astaloy CrM and CrL, ferromanganese and graphite were used as the starting powders. Following pressing in a rigid die, compacts were sintered at $1120^{\circ}C$ and $1250^{\circ}C$ in $H_2/N_2$ atmospheres and cooled with cooling rates $1.4^{\circ}C/min$ and $6.5^{\circ}C/min$. Convective cooled specimens were subsequently tempered at $200^{\circ}C$ for 60 and 240 minutes.

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