Critical aspects of sinter-hardening of prealloyed Cr-Mo steel

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1180-1189

  Hatami, Sepehr ^a   Malakizadi, Amir ^a   Nyborg, Lars ^a   Wallin, Daniel ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HÖGANÄS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromium alloyed steel; FEM simulation; Hardenability; Sinter hardening

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE GRAIN SIZE; CHROMIUM ALLOYED STEEL; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; CONVENTIONAL SINTERING; COOLING RATES; CR-MO STEELS; FABRICATION COST; FEM SIMULATIONS; GROWING DEMAND; HARDENABILITY; HARDENING PROCESS; INFLUENCE OF DENSITY; KINETICS MODELING; LOWER COST; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; PM STEELS; POST-SINTERING; POWDER COMPOSITION; PROCESSING COSTS; SECONDARY OPERATIONS; SINTERING PROCESS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SOLID STEEL;

AUSTENITE; CARBIDES; CHROMIUM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLURGY; MOLYBDENUM; SINTERING; STEEL POWDER METALLURGY;

HARDENING;

EID: 77951254298     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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