Tribological evaluation of high-speed steels with a regulated carbide phase
Wear resistance of a commercial steel and titanium-niobium high-speed steels with a regulated carbide phase was evaluated by employing a micro-scale abrasive wear test with alumina particles. The worn volumes and corresponding wear coefficients were the lowest for the new non-ledeburitic grades containing titanium, then the two niobium grades, the conventional (both wrought and by powder metallurgy) steels exhibited the worse wear resistance. Fractography SEM observations together with energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) chemical analysis revealed the decisive role of the steels' MC particles in the wear process. These carbides influenced the abrasion by stoppage of the wear scars and/or changing their trajectories. Directional and nondirectional abrasion modes in the steels tested using alumina and carborundum abrasives were found and are discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 20748711
- Journal Information:
- Materials Characterization, Vol. 50, Issue 4-5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2003.08.002; PII: S1044580303001311; Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1044-5803
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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