HeatTreatmentofSteels.pptVIP

Heat Treatment of Steels Samples AISI-SAE 1018 – 0.18 % C AISI-SAE 1045 – 0.45 % C AISI-SAE 1095 – 0.95 % C Austenitized at 870°C for 2 hours Heat Treatments A – Furnace Annealed – Slow cooled N - Normalized - Air cooled. O - Oil Quenched WQ – Water quenched. WT(370)– Water quenched, tempered at 370°C for 1 hour. WT(705)– Water quenched, tempered at 705°C for 1 hour. Jominy Test Generally, the faster steel cools, the harder it will be. The Jominy bar measures the hardenbility of a steel Proceed to Furnace Room to: Quench the samples (except the normalized ones) Place the tempering samples into Furnaces Jominy Test demonstration Pearlite Formation Austenite precipitates Fe3C at Eutectoid Transformation Temperature (727°C). When slow cooled, this is Pearlite (looks like Mother of Pearl) Diffusion of Carbon in Pearlite Morphology of Pearlite What About Cooling Rates? Faster cooling gives “non-equilibrium microconstituents”… Bainite Martensite And more! To know what microconstituents are present, you must look at cooling curve diagrams Microconstituents vs. Cooling Rate Spheroidite: Spherical “globs” of Fe3C in Ferrite Pearlite: Layers of ? ferrite and Fe3C Course Pearlite Fine Pearlite Bainite: 200 – 500 ?C Transformation Martensite: Rapid Cooling Bainite Upper (550-350°C) Rods of Fe3C Lower (350-250°C) Fe3C Precipitates in Plates of Ferrite It is still Ferrite and Cementite! It’s just acicular. Martensite Diffusionless transformation of FCC to BCT (more volume!) Lenticular structure Very hard very brittle. TTT Diagrams Full TTT Diagram So What’s a CCT Diagram? Phase Transformations and Production of Microconstituents takes TIME. Higher Temperature = Less Time. If you don’t hold at one temperature and allow time to change, you are “Continuously Cooling”. Therefore, a CCT diagram’s transition lines will be different than a TTT diagram. Slow Cooling Medium Cooling Fast Cooling What is Tempering? Martensite needs to be tempered to get better ductility. Th