Relations between fracture toughness, hardness and microstructure of vacuum heat-treated high-speed steel

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 298-308

  Leskovšek, Vojteh ^a   Ule, Boris ^a   Lišči, Božidar ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METALS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hardness and fracture toughness; High speed steel; Quantified microstructural parameters; Vacuum heat treatment

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; CRACKS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; HEAT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VOLUME FRACTION;

HIGH-SPEED STEEL;

STEEL;

EID: 0037015529     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00280-7     Document Type: Article

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