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Article

The Effect of Hot-Mounting on the Microstructure of an As-Quenched Auto-Tempered Low-Carbon Martensitic Steel

by
Shashank Ramesh Babu
1,*,
Matias Jaskari
2,
Antti Järvenpää
2 and
David Porter
1
1
Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Advanced Steels Research, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulun yliopisto, Finland
2
Kerttu Saalasti Institute, University of Oulu, Pajatie 5, FI-85500 Nivala, Finland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Metals 2019, 9(5), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050550
Submission received: 11 April 2019 / Revised: 4 May 2019 / Accepted: 9 May 2019 / Published: 11 May 2019
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Abstract

The effect of hot-mounting for metallographic studies of as-quenched low-carbon martensitic steels has been studied. Hot-mounting is typically carried out at 150–200 °C, i.e., a low-temperature tempering regime. Cold- and hot-mounted specimens from an as-quenched low-carbon auto-tempered steel were examined using a scanning electron microscope and their hardness levels were also compared. It was found that hot-mounting causes additional tempering that manifests as the appearance of new precipitates in those regions that are free of auto-tempered cementite. The observations were rationalized using DICTRA simulations to calculate the potential growth of cementite. Hot-mounting was also shown to cause a small but statistically significant increase in the hardness of the martensite.
Keywords: hot-mounting; martensite; tempering; quenching; cementite hot-mounting; martensite; tempering; quenching; cementite

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Ramesh Babu, S.; Jaskari, M.; Järvenpää, A.; Porter, D. The Effect of Hot-Mounting on the Microstructure of an As-Quenched Auto-Tempered Low-Carbon Martensitic Steel. Metals 2019, 9, 550. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050550

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Ramesh Babu S, Jaskari M, Järvenpää A, Porter D. The Effect of Hot-Mounting on the Microstructure of an As-Quenched Auto-Tempered Low-Carbon Martensitic Steel. Metals. 2019; 9(5):550. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050550

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Ramesh Babu, Shashank, Matias Jaskari, Antti Järvenpää, and David Porter. 2019. "The Effect of Hot-Mounting on the Microstructure of an As-Quenched Auto-Tempered Low-Carbon Martensitic Steel" Metals 9, no. 5: 550. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050550

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Ramesh Babu, S., Jaskari, M., Järvenpää, A., & Porter, D. (2019). The Effect of Hot-Mounting on the Microstructure of an As-Quenched Auto-Tempered Low-Carbon Martensitic Steel. Metals, 9(5), 550. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050550

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