Abstract

Nickel base Colmonoy 6 alloy finds application in hardfacing of various components made of austenitic stainless steel used in fast reactors. Gas tungsten arc deposited Colmonoy suffers from significant loss in hardness and wear properties due to dilution from the substrate. Magnetic property of the deposit is also influenced by dilution, and variation in magnetic parameters with dilution can be employed for non-destructive assessment of hardness in the hardfaced coating of the finished components. During hardfacing deposition, cooling rate may vary with deposition technique and process parameters. Development of a procedure for measurement of hardness of hardface deposit, irrespective of cooling rate, can prove to be useful for practical application. In the present study, the effect of cooling rate on microstructure, hardness and magnetic parameters of the Ni–Cr–B–Si hardface deposits is evaluated, and for coating cooled at different cooling rates, good prediction of hardness from its magnetic property could be obtained.

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