Coarsening investigations of precipitates in PM tool steel grades - an effect of nitrogen

• We present experimental and theoretical comparisons of the coarsening rate for the MX(X=C, N or C+N) precipitate in five different tool steel grades produced by PowderMetallurgy (PM). The alloys contain different amounts of nitrogen and carbon; ranging fromhigh carbon/low nitrogen to high nitrogen/low carbon. Common for the grades is a highamount of precipitate forming alloying elements resulting in a high fraction of hard phase.Experimentally we have found out that the nitrogen rich precipitates coarsen slower, both forhigher and lower carbon content, than the carbon rich precipitates. Coarsening simulations areperformed utilizing the DICTRA software and an agreement between calculations andmeasurements can be concluded.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Metallurgi och metalliska material (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Metallurgy and Metallic Materials (hsv//eng)

Keyword

coarsening

PM tool steels

carbides

nitrides

DICTRA

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ref (subject category)

art (subject category)