Abstract
Effect of high molybdenum content ~10% as an alloying element on the strength and microstructural properties of 11% nickel—1.25% titanium maraging steel was evaluated. To increase the homogeneity and cleanliness of produced ingot, the investigated steel sample was produced by melting the raw material in an open-air induction melting furnace followed by refining utilizing a direct current electro-slag refining machine. The produced steel samples were both forged and heat-treated in optimum condition to acquire the full capacity of mechanical properties especially the tensile properties. After Forging and heat treatment at optimum condition, steel samples were evaluated by optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis, electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The experimental data showed that this steel sample has ultimate strength ~2100 MPa and elongation around 14%. High tensile properties obtained may be attributed on one hand due to the presence of high alloying lamellar martensite phase and lamellar austenite phase which has high dislocation intensity, and on the other hand, due to the high homogeneity and cleanliness of investigated samples from large nonmetallic inclusions. The results also show that a high amount of intermetallic compounds (NiMo3 and NiTi3) which are completely round and have a very low size not more than hundred nanometers.
Highlights
Maraging steel owed this name due to its structure and applied heat treatment process martensite induced aging, which mean aged martensite
The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) characteristic, which is related to the phase transition, senses both the phase transformation and precipitation phenomena of materials during heating
The previous is accepted to be caused by the decay of accelerates, whereas the last mentioned is thought to be caused by the stage move from α–phase to γ–phase
Summary
Maraging steel owed this name due to its structure and applied heat treatment process martensite induced aging, which mean aged martensite. Maraging steels usually consist of a relatively soft and ductile martensitic matrix of very low carbon content strengthened by the precipitation of a large number of nanometer sized intermetallic compound phases [1,2,3]. As a result, this type of steels exhibits an excellent combination of ultrahigh strength with good fracture toughness, and is widely used for critical applications in the aerospace application sector since first developed some 40 years ago [4]. The effect of high Mo content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a maraging steel are reported
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