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THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENT UDC 669.14.018.298:621.785.062 STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CARBURIZED COATINGS WITH REVERTED AUSTENITE ON LOW-CARBON MARTENSITIC STEELS A. S. Ivanov, 1 S. A. Kokovyakina, 1 and A. S. Pertsev 1 Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov , No. 11, pp. 51 – 56, November, 2010. The process of creation and subsequent hardening of a gradient carburized layer in low-carbon martensitic steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB is studied. It is shown that the structure and properties of the carburized layer can be optimized due to formation of reverted austenite hardened by quenching from the intercritical temperature range. Key words: gradient layer, reverted austenite, lath martensite, low-carbon martensitic steels (LCMS). INTRODUCTION Low-carbon martensitic steels (LCMS) possess a number of unique features distinguishing them from other structural steels traditionally used in machine building [1 – 5]. Rational alloying and low content of carbon in LCMS promote eleva- tion of the stability of supercooled austenite and yield a mar- tensite structure in large cross sections after comparatively slow cooling in air. In order to widen the range of application of LCMS to operation under conditions of contact friction it is necessary to develop processes of their surface hardening. LCMS of grades 07Kh3GNMYuA, 10Kh3GNM, and 08Kh2G2F ope- rating under contact friction (gears, turbodrill parts) are sub- jected to surface hardening by carburizing and nitriding. However, grades 12Kh2G2NMFT, 15Kh2G2NMFB, and 17Kh2G2NMFTB having the highest strength are not used in a surface-hardened state [7 – 10]. In the present work we had an aim to study the formation of a surface layer in the process of carburizing of low-carbon martensitic steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB, to determine the struc- ture and properties of the layer, and to estimate the possibi- lity of its hardening by optimizing the modes of subsequent heat treatment at preserved structure and properties of the matrix of the metal. METHODS OF STUDY We studied low-carbon martensitic steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB and (for comparison) 12Kh2G2NMFT. The chemical com- positions, the hardness, and the structures of the steels in the initial state are presented in Tables 1 and 2. Gas carburizing of the steels was performed in a Ts-75 shaft furnace at 900 – 910°C for 4 h at benzene feeding rate of 80 – 100 drops/min. Subsequent heat treatment was per- formed in a SNOL-type laboratory furnace. The carburized specimens were placed into a container with waste carburizer in order to avoid decarburization. Metal Science and Heat Treatment, Vol. 52, Nos. 11 – 12, March, 2011 (Russian Original Nos. 11 – 12, November – December, 2010) 562 0026-0673/11/1112-0562 © 2011 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 1 Perm State Engineering University, Perm, Russia (e-mail: [email protected]). TABLE 1. Chemical Compositions of Steels Steels Content of elements, wt.% C Si Mn Cr Ni Mo Nb V Ti S, at most P, at most 17Kh2G2NMFTB 0.17 0.37 2.07 2.42 1.50 0.39 0.17 0.12 0.22 0.011 0.015 12Kh2G2NMFT 0.13 0.24 2.24 2.39 1.38 0.45 0.10 0.04 0.119 0.004

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  • THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENT

    UDC 669.14.018.298:621.785.062

    STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CARBURIZED COATINGS

    WITH REVERTED AUSTENITE ON LOW-CARBON MARTENSITIC STEELS

    A. S. Ivanov,1 S. A. Kokovyakina,1 and A. S. Pertsev1

    Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 11, pp. 51 56, November, 2010.

    The process of creation and subsequent hardening of a gradient carburized layer in low-carbon martensitic

    steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB is studied. It is shown that the structure and properties of the carburized layer can be

    optimized due to formation of reverted austenite hardened by quenching from the intercritical temperature

    range.

    Key words: gradient layer, reverted austenite, lath martensite, low-carbon martensitic steels

    (LCMS).

    INTRODUCTION

    Low-carbon martensitic steels (LCMS) possess a number

    of unique features distinguishing them from other structural

    steels traditionally used in machine building [1 5]. Rational

    alloying and low content of carbon in LCMS promote eleva-

    tion of the stability of supercooled austenite and yield a mar-

    tensite structure in large cross sections after comparatively

    slow cooling in air.

    In order to widen the range of application of LCMS to

    operation under conditions of contact friction it is necessary

    to develop processes of their surface hardening. LCMS of

    grades 07Kh3GNMYuA, 10Kh3GNM, and 08Kh2G2F ope-

    rating under contact friction (gears, turbodrill parts) are sub-

    jected to surface hardening by carburizing and nitriding.

    However, grades 12Kh2G2NMFT, 15Kh2G2NMFB, and

    17Kh2G2NMFTB having the highest strength are not used in

    a surface-hardened state [7 10].

    In the present work we had an aim to study the formation

    of a surface layer in the process of carburizing of low-carbon

    martensitic steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB, to determine the struc-

    ture and properties of the layer, and to estimate the possibi-

    lity of its hardening by optimizing the modes of subsequent

    heat treatment at preserved structure and properties of the

    matrix of the metal.

    METHODS OF STUDY

    We studied low-carbon martensitic steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB

    and (for comparison) 12Kh2G2NMFT. The chemical com-

    positions, the hardness, and the structures of the steels in the

    initial state are presented in Tables 1 and 2.

    Gas carburizing of the steels was performed in a Ts-75

    shaft furnace at 900 910C for 4 h at benzene feeding rate

    of 80 100 dropsmin. Subsequent heat treatment was per-

    formed in a SNOL-type laboratory furnace. The carburized

    specimens were placed into a container with waste carburizer

    in order to avoid decarburization.

    Metal Science and Heat Treatment, Vol. 52, Nos. 11 12, March, 2011 (Russian Original Nos. 11 12, November December, 2010)

    562

    0026-0673/11/1112-0562 2011 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.

    1Perm State Engineering University, Perm, Russia (e-mail:

    [email protected]).

    TABLE 1. Chemical Compositions of Steels

    Steels

    Content of elements, wt.%

    C Si Mn Cr Ni Mo Nb V Ti S, at most P, at most

    17Kh2G2NMFTB 0.17 0.37 2.07 2.42 1.50 0.39 0.17 0.12 0.22 0.011 0.015

    12Kh2G2NMFT 0.13 0.24 2.24 2.39 1.38 0.45 0.10 0.04 0.119 0.004

  • The microstructure of the steels was studied using an

    OLYMPUS GX-51 microscope at magnification of 100

    1000 and a Video Test-Master. Structure 4-0 software for

    image analysis. The hardness was measured by the Rockwell

    method in accordance with GOST 901359; the microhard-

    ness was measured in accordance with GOST 945076 using

    a PMT-3 microhardness meter at a load of 0.5 and 0.2 N.

    X-ray diffraction analysis was performed with the help

    of a DRON-3 x-ray diffractometer in iron K

    radiation; the

    results were recorded using a DRON System for Automa-

    tion of x-ray Diffractometers.

    The content of retained austenite (in %) was determined

    using the ratio of the integral intensities of line (311) of aus-

    tenite and line (211) of martensite, i.e.,

    Aret

    = 100[1.273(I(211)

    I(311)

    ) + 1], (1)

    where I(311)

    and I(311)

    are the intensities of the lines of re-

    tained austenite and martensite, respectively.

    The microstresses and the sizes of subgrains in austenite

    and martensite were computed by the method of approxima-

    tion from x-ray lines (110) (211) of martensite and (111)

    (311) of austenite. The approximating functions were [6]

    y = 1(1 + x 2 ) and y = 1(1 + x 2 )2. (2)

    The standards were powders of technically pure iron and

    copper.

    The process of decomposition of retained austenite was

    studied and the critical points of the carburized layers were

    determined using a Chevenard dilatometer on specimens

    3.5 mm in diameter subjected to through carburizing. The

    standard was a piros alloy. Layer-by-layer chemical analy-

    sis was performed using an ARL-31.100 emission quantum

    meter.

    RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

    The microstructure of the carburized layer of steels

    17Kh2G2NMFTB and 12Kh2G2NMFT is presented in

    Fig. 1. The microhardness and the content of retained auste-

    nite are presented in Fig. 2a and b.

    The structure of the carburized layer on steel

    17Kh2G2NMFTB may be divided conventionally into three

    zones. In the first (surface) layer martensite and retained aus-

    tenite are accompanied at a distance of up to h = 0.10 mm by

    a high amount of carbides. In the second (austenite) zone the

    content of austenite at a distance h 0.20 0.30 mm from

    the surface attains 77% and the microhardness decreases

    abruptly to 460 HV (Fig. 2a and b ). At h 0.40 0.45 mm

    the content of retained austenite decreases to 40% due to the

    decrease in the carbon concentration in the layer. This causes

    formation of a third (martensite) zone, where coarse acicular

    martensite gradually transforms into lath martensite of the

    matrix. The microhardness in this zone increases to 620 HV

    in steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB and to 800 HV in steel

    12Kh2G2NMFT. As the distance from the surface increases

    and the carbon concentration decreases, the microhardness

    decreases uniformly and attains 400 HV, which corresponds

    to the microhardness of the matrix of the steel. The hardness

    of the carburized layer is 58 HRC.

    A distinctive feature of the microstructure of the carbu-

    rized layer of steel 12Kh2G2NMFT is a high content of re-

    tained austenite (up to 85%). The distribution of the micro-

    hardness and of the amount of retained austenite after carbu-

    rizing of steels 17Kh2G2NMFTB and 12Kh2G2NMFT has

    the same nature (Fig. 2a and b ). The hardness of the carbu-

    rized layer of steel 12Kh2G2NMFT is only 40 HRC due to

    the higher content of retained austenite in it as compared to

    steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB.

    In order to decrease the content of retained austenite and

    to optimize the structure and properties of the carburized

    Structure and Properties of Carburized Coatings with Reverted Austenite 563

    TABLE 2. Structure and Hardness of the Steels in the Initial Condi-

    tion

    Steel Initial condition StructureHRC

    hardness

    17Kh2G2NMFTB Hot-rolled bar Lath martensite 37

    12Kh2G2NMFT Hot-rolled sheet,

    6 mm

    Lath martensite 39

    100 m b

    Fig. 1. Microstructure of carburized layer on steels 17Kh2G2NMFTB

    (a) and 12Kh2G2NMFT (b ).

  • layer, the carburizing was followed by hardening of the steels

    from temperatures of the austenitic and two-phase ( + )

    ranges with oil and air cooling.

    Steels 17Kh2G2NMFTB and 12Kh2G2NMFT were

    hardened from 810C (0.5 h) in oil and in air by the regime

    worked out at the Inkar Company for steel 12Kh2N4A (the

    hold time is corrected with allowance for the charge).

    After oil cooling of steel 12Kh2G2NMFT the surface

    zone of the carburized layer acquires high-carbon martensite,

    preserves a carbide zone, and the content of the austenite de-

    creases. Formation of a martensite structure and decrease in

    the content of retained austenite cause growth in the hardness

    of the carburized layer to 62 HRC. In the case of air cooling

    of the steel a carbide zone and a zone of fragmented austenite

    are preserved in the structure in addition to the formed

    martensite.

    Oil cooling and air cooling of steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB

    lower considerably the content of retained austenite as com-

    pared to the initial carburized state (to 49 and 47%, respec-

    tively, Fig. 2c ).

    The distribution of the microhardness over the thickness

    of the layer for steels 17Kh2G2NMFTB and 12Kh2G2NMFT

    after oil and air hardening is the same (Fig. 2d ) and does not

    change in the cause of the hardening. The fall in the micro-

    hardness in the austenite zone is preserved but becomes

    lower. The highest microhardness is observed over the whole

    of the thickness of the layer after oil cooling.

    It should be noted that the content of austenite in the

    austenitic zone of the carburized layer on steel 12Kh2G2NMFT

    is considerably higher and the microhardness is lower than in

    steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB.

    In has been shown in [11, 12] that steel 12Kh2G2NMFT

    promises much after hardening from the intercritical tempe-

    rature range (ITR). Hardening from a temperature exceeding

    Ac1

    but lower than Ac3

    yields a homogeneous structure of

    lath martensite. The close levels of mechanical properties af-

    ter complete and incomplete hardening make it possible to

    lower the temperature of heating for hardening, which should

    reduce the level of internal stresses in the metal.

    We estimated the possibility to use incomplete hardening

    for steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB in a carburized state. According

    to the data of dilatometric analysis of the carburized layer on

    steels 12Kh2G2NMFT and 17Kh2G2NMFTB (we studied

    specimens subjected to through carburizing), A1

    = 710

    720C and A3

    = 790 800C. After hardening of carburized

    specimens of steel 12Kh2G2NMFT from 740 and 770C

    both in air and in oil, the structure and the properties of the

    carburized layer remained virtually unchanged. Therefore,

    we chose the temperature of 750C for hardening the studied

    steels from the ITR.

    The structure of the carburized layer on steel

    17Kh2G2NMFTB after hardening from the ITR is repre-

    sented by carbide-martensite, austenite-martensite, and mar-

    564 A. S. Ivanov et al.

    100

    90

    80

    70

    60

    50

    40

    30

    20

    10

    80

    70

    60

    50

    40

    30

    20

    10

    00 0.05 0.15 0.25 0.35 0.45 0.55 0.05 0.15 0.25 0.35 0.45Matrix Matrix

    17Kh2G2NMFTB 17Kh2G2NMFTB

    17Kh2G2NMFTB17Kh2G2NMFTB

    12Kh2G2NMFT 17Kh2G2NMFTB

    17Kh2G2NMFTB

    12Kh2G2NMFT

    12Kh2G2NMFT

    12Kh2G2NMFT

    c

    b d

    h, mm h, mm

    h, mm h, mm

    1200

    1000

    800

    600

    400

    200

    1200

    1000

    800

    600

    400

    200

    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0

    HV, kgf mm 2 HV, kgf mm 2

    Aret , % Aret , %

    Fig. 2. Distribution of retained austenite and of microhardness over the thickness of surface layer (h is the dis-

    tance from the surface) in steels 17Kh2G2NMFTB and 12Kh2G2NMFT: a, b ) after carburizing; c, d ) after car-

    burizing and hardening from 810C in oil (, ) and in air ().

  • tensite zones arranged from the surface to the core of the

    specimen, respectively.

    After oil cooling of steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB the hardness

    of the carburized layer is 61 HRC, which is comparable with

    the hardness due to hardening from 810C; the core has a

    hardness of 32 HRC. After air cooling the hardness of the

    layer is somewhat lower, i.e., 54 HRC; that of the core is

    29 HRC. After oil and air cooling from 750C the content of

    the retained austenite is lower than after hardening from

    810C (compare Figs. 3 and 2c). Its maximum content

    (35 36%) is detected at h 0.15 0.25 mm.

    The distribution of the microhardness after hardening

    from 750 and 810C differs (compare Figs. 3 and 2d ). After

    hardening from 750C the dip of the microhardness in the

    zone of retained austenite disappears; the microhardness de-

    creases uniformly from about 1100 HV on the surface of the

    layer to 300 HV in the matrix. After air cooling the micro-

    hardness in the zone of retained austenite at the place of the

    dip increases to about 90 HV. It should be noted that in steel

    12Kh2G2NMFT similar properties are obtained after treat-

    ment in more complex mode, namely, (1 ) carburizing, high

    tempering at 620C. hardening from 740 and 770C with oil

    or air cooling, respectively, and (2 ) carburizing, hardening

    from 740C with 2-h heating at 620C, and oil or air cooling.

    The variation of the parameters of the subgrain struc-

    ture of the austenite in the carburized layer of steel

    17Kh2G2NMFTB after hardening from the ITR (750C)

    presents special interest. The sizes of the blocks and the

    microstresses in the austenite differ substantially after air

    cooling and after oil cooling (Fig. 4).

    After air cooling the block sizes are much smaller and

    the level of the microstresses is higher than after oil cooling.

    This may be connected with the fact that the reverted austen-

    ite (the retained austenite not decomposed and newly formed

    during heating to the ITR temperature) undergoes precipita-

    tion hardening in air, i.e., segregation of dispersed carbides

    that harden the austenite and increase in the stresses.

    Figure 5 presents the curves of variation of microstresses

    in austenite over the thickness of the layer after hardening

    from 750 and 810C in oil and in air. After hardening from

    750C in air the level of the microstresses is considerably

    Structure and Properties of Carburized Coatings with Reverted Austenite 565

    40

    35

    30

    25

    20

    15

    10

    5

    0

    0.06 0.16 0.26 0.36 0.46 Matrix

    b

    h, mm

    h, mm

    1200

    1000

    800

    600

    400

    200

    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2

    HV, kgf mm 2

    Aret , %

    1

    1

    2

    2

    Fig. 3. Distribution of retained austenite (a) and microhardness (b )

    over the thickness of surface layer (h is the distance from the sur-

    face) in steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB after carburizing and hardening

    from 750C in air (1 ) and in oil (2 ).

    b

    h, mm

    h, mm

    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

    1

    1

    2

    2

    Q, m

    m , P

    0,25

    0,20

    0,15

    0,10

    0,05

    400

    350

    300

    250

    200

    150

    100

    50

    Fig. 4. Sizes of blocks (Q ) (a) and microstresses (m

    ) (b ) in the

    austenitic zone of surface layer on steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB after car-

    burizing and hardening from 750C in air (1 ) and in oil (2 ).

    h, mm

    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

    1

    4

    2

    3

    m , P

    500

    400

    300

    200

    100

    Fig. 5. Microstresses in austenite in steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB after

    carburizing and hardening by different regimes: 1 ) from 750C in oil;

    2 ) from 819C in oil; 3 ) from 750C in air; 4 ) from 810C in air.

  • higher than after hardening in oil; in the austenite region

    (h 0.20 mm) it even exceeds the level of the microstresses

    attained after hardening from 810C. The high compressive

    stresses in the surface layer promote increase in the fatigue

    resistance and stabilize the austenite.

    Precipitation nature of the hardening of reverted auste-

    nite is mentioned in [13 15]. Target measurements of the

    microhardness of austenite have shown that its hardness is

    higher than the integral hardness of the austenite-martensite

    structure in the same region of the layer (Fig. 6).

    Thus, austenite hardens upon comparatively slow cool-

    ing in air and is fragmented forming blocks of a smaller size.

    Summarizing the facts mentioned above we may suggest

    the following scheme of formation of reverted austenite in

    the carburized layer of steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB due to heat-

    ing in the ITR and subsequent cooling at different rates.

    At 750C the carburized layer preserves (acquires) re-

    verted austenite, the behavior of which in the processes of

    cooling in air and in oil differs substantially. It could be ex-

    pected that in oil cooling the stresses in the layer should be

    higher than in comparatively slow air cooling. However,

    such behavior is observed in martensite, but in austenite the

    microstresses after air cooling are considerably higher than

    after oil cooling.

    It seems that this is explainable by the fact that carbon is

    redistributed during air cooling in reverted austenite and

    ultrafine carbides of a cementite type are segregated there.

    This causes substantial precipitation hardening of the re-

    verted austenite. Simultaneously, there occurs redistribution

    of dislocations and formation of nanosize subgrains.

    In the case of oil cooling these processes are suppressed,

    and the level of the microstresses in the austenite is consider-

    ably lower and the block sizes are higher than in air cooling.

    This is conformed by the results of a comparison of the

    microhardness of the layer after hardening from 750C in air

    and in oil (see Fig. 3). In the surface carbide-martensite zone

    (h 100 m), where the content of austenite is compara-

    tively low, the hardness of the layer hardened in oil is higher

    than that after cooling in air. In the austenitic zone

    (h = 100 200 m), where we have detected a dip in the

    hardness after carburizing and after carburizing followed by

    hardening from 810C, the hardness after air hardening from

    750C increases abruptly and remains higher than after air

    cooling over the entire layer up to h = 550 m.

    Precipitation hardening of austenite accompanied by re-

    arrangement of its dislocation structure is similar to the pro-

    cess of cell formation. As a result, the blocks are refined

    markedly (see Fig. 4). Locking of dislocations in walls

    causes growth in the strength and hardness of the austenite. It

    can be assumed that fixation of the dislocation structure of

    the austenite and increase in its stability are promoted by

    segregation of dispersed carbides over boundaries of

    subgrains described in works [16, 17].

    Variation of the parameters of the crystal structure of

    austenite over the thickness of carburized layer after carbu-

    rizing and after carburizing followed by hardening from 810

    and 750C in oil and in air is presented in Fig. 7. In all the

    cases the decrease in the content of carbon in the layer results

    in decrease in the lattice parameter of the austenite. The

    value of the lattice parameter differs somewhat depending on

    the heating temperature and on the rate of the hardening

    cooling. In the process of hardening from 810C retained

    austenite with the same lattice parameter is preserved upon

    cooling in oil and in air. After cooling from 750C, the lattice

    parameter of the austenite is less after cooling in air than af-

    ter cooling in oil. It is obvious that this is a consequence of

    the earlier described process of segregation of dispersed car-

    bides and carbon depletion of the reverted austenite due to

    the comparatively slow air cooling.

    Thus, the reverted austenite differs from the retained aus-

    tenite in carburized layer of steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB by the

    566 A. S. Ivanov et al.

    h, mm

    1200

    1000

    800

    6000 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35

    HV, kgf mm 2

    1

    2

    Fig. 6. Distribution of microhardness over the thickness of surface

    layer (h is the distance from the surface) of steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB

    after carburizing and hardening from 650C in air: 1 ) hardness of

    austenite (target measurement); 2 ) hardness of austenite and mar-

    tensite.

    h,

    h,

    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

    1

    1

    4

    2

    5

    3

    a, nm

    a, nm

    0.362

    0.361

    0.360

    0.359

    0.362

    0.361

    0.360

    0.359

    b

    Fig. 7. Variation of the lattice parameter of austenite over the thick-

    ness of hardened layer (h is the distance from the surface) of steel

    17Kh2G2NMFTB after carburizing and hardening from 750C (a)

    and from 810C (b ): 1 ) after carburizing; 2, 3 ) after carburizing

    and hardening from 750C in oil and in air respectively; 4, 5 ) after

    carburizing and hardening from 810C in oil and in air respectively.

  • fact that its precipitation hardening and stabilization occur as

    a result of segregation of ultrafine carbides and formation of

    a cellular structure with nanometric (25 30 nm) sizes of

    subgrains and an elevated level of microstresses.

    CONCLUSIONS

    1. The complex alloying system of steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB

    promotes formation of stable retained austenite in carburized

    layer.

    2. Retained austenite in carburized layer is distributed by

    a law with an extremum; its maximum content (80 85%)

    occurs at a distance h = 0.2 0.3 mm from the surface.

    3. It is possible to form reverted austenite with a high

    carbon content and unusually high hardness in carburized

    layer of steel 17Kh2G2NMFTB by hardening from the

    intercritical temperature range with cooling in air.

    4. The most probable cause of the hardening of the aus-

    tenite is segregation of ultrafine carbides of a cementite type.

    5. Strengthening and stabilization of the reverted auste-

    nite is also promoted by rearrangement of its dislocation

    structure, formation of nanosize subgrains, and elevation of

    the level of microstresses.

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