Effect of Silicon on Carbide Precipitation after Tempering of H11 Hot Work Steels
Effect of Silicon on Carbide Precipitation after Tempering of H11 Hot Work Steels
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10.1007/s11661-010-0430-0
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2011-02
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R. Mesquita;C. Barbosa;E. Morales;H. Kestenbach
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R. Mesquita;C. Barbosa;E. Morales;H. Kestenbach
The formation of secondary carbides during tempering of H11 hot work steels at 898 K (625 °C) was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and related to the previously established effects of Si content on mechanical properties. Lower Si contents (0.05 and 0.3 pct Si) and higher Si contents (1.0 and 2.0 pct Si) were observed to yield different carbide phases and different particle distributions. Cementite particles stabilized by Cr, Mo, and V in the lower Si steels were found to be responsible for similar precipitation hardening effects in comparison to the M2C alloy carbides in the higher Si steels. The much higher toughness of the lower Si steels was suggested to be due to a finer and more homogeneous distribution of Cr-rich M7C3carbides in the interlath and interpackage regions of the quenched and tempered martensite microstructure. The present effects of Si content on the formation of alloy carbides in H11 hot work steels were found to be the result of the retarding effect of Si on the initial formation of cementite, well known from the early tempering stages in low alloy steels.