Abstract
The composite of low alloy steel reinforced with TiC particles (36wt%) was prepared by the powder metallurgy (PM) process in this paper. The effects of the chromium content and the total carbon content on the composites were studied. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe the microstructure and such properties as porosity, hardness, transverse rupture strength (TRS) and fracture morphology of the samples were tested. The results show that the optimum sintering temperature decreases with the increase of chromium content. The porosity of sintered samples decreases with increasing the total carbon content, and increases with increasing the chromium content. The TRS and hardness of samples increase with the increase of the carbon content. With the increase of the chromium content, the TRS of the sample gradually decreases, and the hardness firstly increases and then decreases a little. This results from the combined effects of the martensite amount and the shape, size and composition of precipitated chromium carbides in the steel matrix.
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