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Research Articles

A study of wear resistance of carbon-free bainite and martensite in medium carbon steel

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Pages 1056-1062 | Received 13 Aug 2019, Accepted 06 Sep 2019, Published online: 23 Sep 2019
 

ABSTRACT

The wear resistance of carbon-free bainitic steel obtained by isothermal transformation is studied and compared with untempered martensite in this paper. The experimental steel obtained carbide-free bainite after austempered for 3 h at 310oC. The wear surface of carbon-free bainitic steel and martensite steel is mainly composed of grooves, and micro-ploughing is the main wear mechanism. The wear resistance of carbon-free bainite is better than that of martensite beyond 400 cycles. The retained austenite of the surface in carbon-free bainitic steel transforms into martensite, leading to enhance the wear resistance of the carbide-free bainite.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China: [Grant Number NSFC: U1810207]; the National Key Research and Development Plan of China: [Grant Number grant number 2016YFB0300205].

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