significance of alloying element levels in realizing the specified tensile properties in 18 wt % nickel maraging steel合金元素含量的意义实现指定的18 wt %镍马氏体时效钢的拉伸性能.pdfVIP

Materials Sciences and Application, 2011, 2, 1116-1120 doi:10.4236/msa.2011.28150 Published Online August 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Significance of Alloying Element Levels in Realizing the Specified Tensile Properties in 18 wt% Nickel Maraging Steel Muktinutalapati Nageswara Rao1*, Krishnan Sivasubramanian2 1Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, School of Mechanical Building Sciences VIT University, Tamil Nadu, India; 2PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Mishra Dhatu Ni- gam Limited, PO Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, India. * Email: m.nageswararao@vit.ac.in th th th Received January 14 , 2011; revised May 19 , 20 11; accepted May 26 , 2011. ABSTRACT Among the various grades of commercially available 18 wt% nickel maraging steels, the one with nominal 0.2% proof strength in the range 1700 - 1750 MPa is the most commonly used and is distinguished by an excellent combination of high strength and high fracture toughness. The main alloying elements are nickel, cobalt, molybdenum and titanium. The first three of these are present at relatively high concentrations in the chemical composition. The high cost of these metals leads to a high cost of production and this becomes a deterrent to extensive use of the steel. In the present study, an attempt was made to produce the steel by pegging the levels of these alloying elements in the lower half of the spec i- fied range. The objective was to save on the raw material cost , while still conforming to the specification. The steel so produced could not , however, attain the specified tensile properties after final heat treatment. The observed behavior is explained based on the role played by the different alloying elements in driving the precipitation hardening reaction. Keywords : 18% Ni Maraging Steel, Chemical