ISSN:
1662-9779
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
For hot die steel, failure is mostly caused by heat checking and melt-out on its surfaceswhich are in contact with molten metals. In the present research, resistances to melt-out and heatchecking of surface modified H13 hot die steels, such as gas nitriding(GN) andmicro-blasting(MB), were investigated. The evaluation of melt-out behavior was carried out bymeasuring the mean depth from the original surface after immersion. To examine the thermalfatigue resistance, a cyclic thermal shock system consisting of induction heating and water sprayquenching was constructed. The value of Lm is proposed as the index representing the susceptibilityto crack initiation and propagation. The melt-out depth was the lowest for the GN treated surface.MB-GN and MB-GN-MB treated specimens also showed good resistance to melt-out. In the case ofGN treatment, while the white layer was completely melted out, the diffusion layer still existedeven after immersion for 43 hours. This implies that nitriding significantly reduced the rate ofmelt-out. From the total crack number, it is seen that crack initiation was reduced to the extent ofhalf after surface treatment. This result means that the residual compressive stress and nitrided layerwere beneficial to crack initiation resistance
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/23/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FSSP.118.443.pdf
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