Influence of Tempering Temperature and Microstructure on Wear Properties of Low Alloy PM Steel with 1-2% Ni Addition

  • Tekeli, Suleyman (Gazi University, Tech. Educ. Fac., Mater. Div.) ;
  • Gural, Ahmet (Gazi University, Tech. Educ. Fac., Mater. Div.) ;
  • Guru, Metin (Gazi University, Eng.&Arch. Fac., Chem. Eng. Dep.)
  • Published : 2006.09.24

Abstract

The effect of tempering temperature and microstructure on dry sliding wear behavior of quenched and tempered PM with 0.3% graphite and 1-2% Ni steels was investigated. The sintered specimens were quenched from $890^{\circ}C$ and then tempered at $200^{\circ}C$ and $600^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr. Wear tests were carried out on the quenched$\neq$tempered specimens under dry sliding wear conditions using a pin-on-disk type machine at constant load and speed. The experimental results showed that the wear coefficient effectively increased with increasing tempering temperature and decreased with increasing Ni content.

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