SAE 1078 강의 파텐팅 온도 및 등온유지 시간에 따른 상변태 및 미세조직 변화

Effect of Patenting Temperature and Isothermal Time on the Phase Transformation and Microstructure Change in SAE 1078 Steel

To study the effects of patenting temperature and isothermal holding time on the phase transformation and mechanical property changes of SAE 1078 steel, the patenting process was performed at 460℃, 560℃, and 660℃ for isothermal times (30 s, 60 s, 90 s, 120 s, and 150 s) after nitrogen cooling under austenitizing conditions (1000℃, 2 min). In this study, a scanning electron microscope was used to measure the microstructure and interlamellar spacing of pearlite according to process variables, and an X-ray diffraction analyzer was used to calculate the phase fraction. Cooling rate is approximately 18.6℃/s from the austenitizing temperature to the patenting temperature and pearlite transformation begins at 597~602℃. As the patenting temperature increases, the rate of carbon diffusion during isothermal step increases, so a relatively coarse pearlite structure is formed, and the hardness tends to decrease overall. As the isothermal holding time increased, the hardness of the treated specimens converged to 420Hv, 376Hv, and 268Hv, respectively, because the phase transformation was sufficiently completed at 460℃, 560℃, and 660℃. On the other hand, as the isothermal holding time became shorter, sufficient phase transformation did not occur after the isothermal process, so retained austenite existed, resulting in a decrease in hardness.