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Microstructure and Tribological Properties of Tool Steel AISI O2 After Thorough Cryogenic Heat Treatment

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Steel AISI O2 (type 9G2) for a cold-working tool after different quenching, tempering, and cryogenic treatment regimes is studied. It is established that after cryogenic treatment the amount of residual austenite decreases by a factor of 4.3 compared with a quenched condition. The highest hardness 69 HRC is achieved after quenching and cryogenic treatment, and in this case wear resistance is higher by a factor of 2.36 than after quenching and tempering. After cryogenic treatment there is also a reduction in friction coefficient.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, ESOGU, Eskişehir, Turkey

    Esad Kaya, Koray Kılıçay & Mustafa Ulutan

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 6, pp. 44 – 50, June, 2020.

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Kaya, E., Kılıçay, K. & Ulutan, M. Microstructure and Tribological Properties of Tool Steel AISI O2 After Thorough Cryogenic Heat Treatment. Met Sci Heat Treat 62, 399–404 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-020-00574-5

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