Effect of Fe_2B boride orientation on abrasion wear resistance of Fe-B cast alloy

The microstructures and abrasion wear resistance of directional solidification Fe-B alloy have been investigated using optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and laser scanning microscopy. The results show that the microstructure of as-cast Fe-B alloy consists of ferrite, pearlite and eutectic boride. After heat treatment, the microstructure is composed of boride and martensite. The plane which is perpendicular to the boride growth direction possesses the highest hardness. In two-body abrasive wear tests, the silicon carbide abrasive can cut the boride and martensite matrix synchronously, and the wear mechanism is micro cutting mechanism. The worn surface roughness and the wear weight loss both increase with the increasing contact load. Moreover, when the boride growth direction is perpendicular to the worn surface, the highest hardness plane of the boride can effectively oppose abrasion, and the martensite matrix can surround and support borides perfectly.

Mechanical Properties and Fracture Behavior of Cu-Co-Be Alloy after Plastic Deformation and Heat Treatment

Mechanical properties and fracture behavior of Cu-0.84Co 0.23Be alloy after plastic deformation and heat treatment were comparatively investigated. Severe plastic deformation by hot extrusion and cold drawing was adopted to induce large plastic strain of Cu 0.84Co-0.23Be alloy. The tensile strength and elongation are up to 476.6 MPa and 18%, respectively. The fractured surface consists of deep dimples and micro voids. Due to the formation of su- persaturated solid solution on the Cu matrix by solution treatment at 950℃ for 1 h, the tensile strength decreased to 271.9 MPa, while the elongation increased to 42%. The fracture morphology is parabolic dimple. Furthermore, the tensile strength increased significantly to 580.2 MPa after aging at 480 ℃ for 4 h. During the aging process, a large number of precipitates formed and distributed on the Cu matrix. The fracture feature of aged specimens with low elongation （4.6%） exhibits an obvious brittle intergranular fracture. It is confirmed that the mechanical properties and fracture behavior are dominated by the microstrueture characteristics of Cu-0.84Co 0.23Be alloy after plastic de- formation and heat treatment. In addition, the fracture behavior at 450 ℃ of aged Cu-0.84Co 0.23Be alloy was also studied. The tensile strength and elongation are 383.6 MPa and 11.2%, respectively. The fractured morphologies are mainly candy-shaped with partial parabolic dimples and equiaxed dimples. The fracture mode is multi mixed mechanism that brittle intergranular fracture plays a dominant role and ductile fracture is secondary.

Effects of Chromium Addition on Preparation and Properties of Bulk Cementite

Bulk cementites with the Cr contents of 0,3.01,6.03,8.22,and 11.51mass% were prepared by mechanical alloying（MA）and spark plasma sintering（SPS）.The results indicated that when the Cr content was low（3.01mass%）,the phases were composed of cementite with a small amount ofα-Fe at a sintering temperature of 1 173 K,but the microstructure became single-phase alloyed cementite as the Cr content was further increased.It showed that microaddition of Cr was beneficial for promoting the formation of cementite.Furthermore,the mechanical performance of cementite can be greatly affected by the variation of Cr content.The hardness,elastic modulus and elastic recovery presented a remarkably increasing tendency with the addition of Cr,and the maximum micro-hardness and elastic modulus values reached 1 070.74 HV and 199.32 GPa,respectively,which were similar to the precipitation phase（cementite）obtained by melting and casting techniques.Moreover,when the Cr content was below 11.51mass%,the crystal structure of Fe3C-type cementite would not change with increasing the Cr content.A Cr atom replaced an Fe atom in the lattice of the cementite,and voids appeared when Cr was doped into the cementite at content of about11.51mass%,causing the relative density to decrease.