ALLOYED METALS WITH AN INCREASED AUSTENITE TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURE AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME

摘要

An article including a metal having an austenite transformation temperature of 850 degrees C. or more. The metal may be a steel, such as a stainless steel, a martensitic steel, or a martensitic stainless steel. In some embodiments, the metal is a steel including iron, molybdenum, and tungsten, and at least one of the following: manganese, nickel, chromium, and vanadium, where the manganese, nickel, chromium, and vanadium are in the following ranges: manganese: less than 0.1 wt %, nickel: less than 0.7 wt %, chromium: more than 12.5 wt %, and vanadium: more than 0.3 wt %. The article may have a surface coated with inorganic particles. In some embodiments, the article is an extrusion die, such as a honeycomb extrusion die.