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The effect of heat treatment on the toughness, hardness and microstructure of low carbon white cast irons

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The effect of destabilisation and subcritical heat treatment on the impact toughness, hardness, and the amount and mechanical stability of retained austenite in a low carbon white cast iron have been investigated. The experimental results show that the impact energy constantly increases when the destabilisation temperature is raised from 950°C to 1200°C. Although the hardness decreases, the heat-treated hardness is still greater than the as-cast state. After destabilisation treatment at 1130°C, tempering at 200 to 250°C for 3 hours leads to the highest impact toughness, and secondary hardening was observed when tempering over 400°C. The amount of retained austenite increased with the increase in the destabilisation temperature, and the treatment significantly improves the mechanical stability of the retained austenite compared with the as-cast state. Tempering below 400°C does not affect the amount of retained austenite and its mechanical stability. But the amount of retained austenite is dramatically reduced when tempered above 400°C. The relationship between the mechanical properties and the microstructure changes was discussed.

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Zhang, MX., Kelly, P.M. & Gates, J.D. The effect of heat treatment on the toughness, hardness and microstructure of low carbon white cast irons. Journal of Materials Science 36, 3865–3875 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017949600733

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