Hardenability and Wear Resistance of Carburized to Hypereutectic Concentrations Steels

摘要

In this article the experimental data of the hardness and wear resistance of chrome-manganese steels 35H3G2F and 35HGF, which are cemented in a highly active paste-like carburizer and hardened at various temperatures, are presented. Cementation and high temperature carbonitriding of these steels leads to a high content of the carbide phase in the diffuse layers and an increase of hardness and wear resistance. The effect of carbides on the hardenability of diffuse layers are investigated. The hardening temperature ranges of these steels and the effect of alloying elements on hardness are established. The mechanism of the phase formation of the highest hardness structures is described. The carbides influence on the wear mechanism of cemented in various modes steels is studied.