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The effect of aluminum on the work hardening and wear resistance of hadfield manganese steel

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A study has been made of the work-hardening and wear resistance of aluminum-modified Hadfield manganese steels ranging in composition from 1.00 to 1.75 Pct carbon and from 0.0 to 4.0 Pct aluminum. Aluminum additions reduced carbon activity and diffusivity in austenites of Hadfield’s composition, increasing the metastable solubility of carbon in Hadfield steel. Aluminum additions inhibited mechanical twinning and, by inference, increased the stacking fault energy of austenite. Increasing carbon in solution in austenite expanded the temperature range over which dynamic strain aging and rapid work hardening occurred. Simultaneous aluminum additions and increased carbon content increased the work-hardening rate and high-stress abrasion resistance of Hadfield steel, but there was an optimum aluminum content beyond which both declined. Maximum work-hardening rate was exhibited by an alloy containing nominally 1.75 Pct C, 13.5 Pct Mn, and 1.3 Pct Al. Improved high-stress abrasion resistance was also found in an alloy containing nominally 1.00 Pct C, 13.5 Pct Mn, and 4.0 Pct Al.

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  1. Solidification Research, Howmet Turbine Components Corporation, Technical Center, 49461, Whitehall, MI

    B. K. Zuidema (Development Supervisor)

  2. ABEX Corporation Research Center, 07430, Mahwah, NJ

    D. K. Subramanyam (Metallurgist)

  3. Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI

    W. C. Leslie

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Zuidema, B.K., Subramanyam, D.K. & Leslie, W.C. The effect of aluminum on the work hardening and wear resistance of hadfield manganese steel. Metall Trans A 18, 1629–1639 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02646146

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