ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
From the mechanical point of view, the successful cold drawing of wire-rods of low carbonsteel requires a high ductility and a ratio between the yield stress and tensile strength as lowest aspossible, both for diminish the fractures during the process. Small boron additions in the cast of thiskind of steel produce an increase in the size of austenitic grain, and consequently the ferritic one, anda diminution of the deformation hardening due to the reduction in the nitrogen content in the solidsolution. In this way, the goal of this work is to study the effect of small boron additions (67 to 117ppm) in the mechanical properties of 5.5 mm diameter wire-rods of low carbon steel.The wire-rods were characterized by means of traction tests, metallographic analysis with optic andelectronic microscopy, and the results were compared with the corresponding one for wire-rod ofstandard steel, i.e., without boron contents.The metallographic analysis confirms the increase in size of ferritic grain. The measured ductilitypresent only slight increases in boron steel, no significant from the quality point of view, however, theratio between yield stress and tensile strength in boron steels shown a clear improvement respect tothe standard. Traction tests in samples obtained at the exit of each one of the matrixes used during thecold drawing process shows an improve in the behavior of low carbon steel with boron contents
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/15/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.539-543.4238.pdf
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