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Metallurgical and Tribological Evaluation of Fe-Cr-C Hardfacing Alloys

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Raw material handling areas in an integrated steel plant experience severe wear of engineering components. The use of hardfacing plates is one of the ways to combat this problem. Three commercial hardfacing Fe-Cr-C alloys of varying Cr content were deposited on mild steel base plate and studied in this work. Abrasive wear tests were conducted by using pin-on-disk tribometer in accordance with the ASTM G99. Microstructural characterization was done by using optical and scanning electron microscopes. Energy- and wavelength-dispersive spectroscopies were carried out to study the carbide type and distribution in the hardfaced deposit. It was observed that wear resistance increases with increasing Cr content in the alloy. Along with hardness, morphology and type of carbide are also important factors to decide the wear resistance. An attempt has been made to corelate the chemical composition, carbide morphology, and macrostructural features with wear properties of hardfacing alloys.

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    In the original article, Aman Kumar Jha was inadvertently omitted as a co-author.

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Pawar, S., Mukhopadhyay, G. Metallurgical and Tribological Evaluation of Fe-Cr-C Hardfacing Alloys. J Fail. Anal. and Preven. 18, 868–876 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-018-0475-8

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