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Ultrahigh Carbon Steels

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Recent studies and results on ultrahigh carbon (UHC) steels suggest that major development efforts on these steels are timely and that programs to evaluate prototype structural components should be initiated. These recent results include: the development of economical processing techniques incorporating a divorced eutectoid transformation, the improvement of room temperature strength and ductility by heat treatment, the enhancement of superplastic properties through dilute alloying with silicon, and the attainment of exceptional notch impact strength in laminated UHC steel composites manufactured through solid state bonding. The unique mechanical properties achieved in UHC steels are due to the presence of micron-size fer-rite grains and ultrafine spheroidized carbides.

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O. D. Sherby obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University, California. Dr. Sherby is also a member of TMS. In 1985, he became a Fellow of the Society.

T. Oyama obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University.

D. W. Kum obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is currently a Staff Member in the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea.

B. Walser obtained his Ph.D. in physical metallurgy from the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He is currently Manager of Physical Metallurgy in the Research and Development Department for Sulzer Bros., Inc. in Winterthur, Switzerland.

J. Wadsworth obtained his Ph.D. in metallurgy from Sheffield University, England. He is currently a Staff Scientist in the Metallurgy Department at Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory in California. Dr. Wadsworth is also a member of TMS-AIME.

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Sherby, O.D., Oyama, T., Kum, D.W. et al. Ultrahigh Carbon Steels. JOM 37, 50–56 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03257713

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