ISSN: 1945-7553
CODEN: JTEVAB
Page Count: 13

Effects of Temperature on the Fracture Toughness of Carburizing Steels for High-Temperature Applications

Cutler, RA
Materials scientist, Terra Tek, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

Leslie, WC
Professor, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Abstract

The fracture toughness of steels with good retention of hardness at elevated temperatures (CarTech EX00053, Timken CBS 600 and 1000M, and Vasco X-2M) was compared with that of conventional carburizing steels (EX55, AISI 4820, 8620, and 9315). The short-rod method was used to determine short rod/short bar fracture toughness K_IcSR between 22 and 400°C. Wide variations in fracture toughness were observed over this temperature range. The toughness of EX00053 and CBS 1000M increased sharply between 22 and 100°C with the former having the highest toughness of any of the steels studied.

Keywords:
fracture tests, steels, carburizing, temperature dependence of toughness

Paper ID: JTE11581J
DOI: 10.1520/JTE11581J
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