Effect of progressive solid-solution treatment on microstructures, mechanical properties and impact abrasive wear behavior of alloyed high manganese steel

Abstract

Alloyed high manganese steel is a general type of wear-resistant steel, and its precipitates and austenite matrix grain sizes play an important role in impact abrasive wear behavior. Solid-solution treatment is an effective method to balance the size of the austenite grains and precipitates. This work attempts to find a new progressive solid-solution treatment to make alloyed high manganese steel castings refine the microstructure and balance the wear resistance under impact abrasive wear conditions. Compared with traditional solid-solution treatment, the MC- and M23C6-type carbide precipitates resulting from progressive solid-solution treatment decrease, and the tensile strength and impact toughness of steel are significantly increased. After the solid-solution treatment at different heating rates, the grain refinement effect is remarkable after shortening the holding time at 1100 °C and increasing the heating rate to 150 °C h−1. The impact abrasive wear test results show that, compared with the traditional solid-solution treatment at 1100 °C for 4 h, the wear resistance of high manganese steel has a 23.1% improvement after progressive solution treatment at 1100 °C for 2 h, and the wear failure forms of all the experimental steels are microcutting, oxidation wear and plastic deformation.