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Flexural Strength and Toughness of Austenitic Stainless Steel Reinforced High-Cr White Cast Iron Composite

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Flexural behavior of high-Cr white cast iron (WCI) reinforced with different shapes, i.e., I- and T-sections, and volume fractions of austenitic stainless steel (310 SS) were examined under three-point bending test. The dimensions of casted beams used for bending test were (50 × 100 × 500 mm3). Carbon and alloying elements diffusion enhanced the metallurgical bond across the interface of casted beams. Carbon diffusion from high-Cr WCI into 310 SS resulted in the formation of Cr-carbides in 310 SS near the interface and Ni diffusion from 310 SS into high-Cr WCI led to the formation of austenite within a network of M7C3 eutectic carbides in high-Cr WCI near the interface. Inserting 310 SS plates into high-Cr WCI beams resulted in a significant improvement in their toughness. All specimens of this metal matrix composite failed in a ductile mode with higher plastic deformation prior to failure. The high-Cr WCI specimen reinforced with I-section of 310 SS revealed higher toughness compared to that with T-section at the same volume fraction. The presence of the upper flange increased the reinforcement efficiency for delaying the crack growth.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, Jazan University, Jazan, 82822-6694, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    H. E. M. Sallam

  2. Materials Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt

    Kh. Abd El-Aziz & H. Abd El-Raouf

  3. Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgy Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    E. M. Elbanna

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Sallam, H.E.M., Abd El-Aziz, K., Abd El-Raouf, H. et al. Flexural Strength and Toughness of Austenitic Stainless Steel Reinforced High-Cr White Cast Iron Composite. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 22, 3769–3777 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-013-0666-0

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