Conclusions
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With the addition of 0.001–0.0074% Te, the notch toughness (in the range of +20 to −100°) of samples of type 1 is 0.25–0.30 MJ/m2 higher than for the steel without tellurium.
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The higher notch toughness resulting from the addition of tellurium is due to the increase in the work of crack initiation.
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With 0.019% Te the notch toughness and work of crack initiation decline.
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The quantity of ductile components in the fracture and the work of crack propagation are independent of the tellurium content at testing temperatures from 20 to −100°.
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Despite the substantial cost of tellurium it is expedient to add tellurium to structural steels because of their high notch toughness at low temperatures.
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I. P. Bardin Central Scientific-Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy. Translated from Metallovedenic i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 3, pp. 21–22, March, 1983.
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Popova, L.V., Lebedev, D.V. & Nasibov, A.G. Properties of steel 16G2AF with microadditions of tellurium. Met Sci Heat Treat 25, 184–186 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00805969
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