Temper Brittleness—An Interpretive Review

2009 ◽  
pp. 127-127-41
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Author(s):  
E.A. Eliseev ◽  
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G.S. Sevalnev ◽  
A.V. Doroshenko ◽  
M.E. Druzhinina ◽  
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Low-temperature nitriding of steels is usually carried out in the temperature range of development of reversible temper brittleness. The holding time at these temperatures significantly exceeds the holding time during normal tempering, which can negatively affect the properties of steel. The article considers theories that explain the processes occurring in steels in the temper brittleness temperature range. It may be concluded that views linking the embrittlement of steel with alloying elements such as nickel in its content are not confirmed by the experiments; at the same time ideas based on classical views about the diffusion of chemical elements explain the processes in steel better.


1953 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1323-1330
Author(s):  
Z. Takao ◽  
K. Takahashi ◽  
M. Nishihara ◽  
Y. Tanifuji
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1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. Ya. Meshkov ◽  
I. S. Statsenko ◽  
V. D. Bezbakh
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2011 ◽  
Vol 479 ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Yang ◽  
Zheng Dong Liu ◽  
Shi Chang Cheng ◽  
Mu Xin Yang

The mechanism of brittleness due to slow cooling during quenching was experimentally investigated in 12% Cr martensitic heat resistant steel. The mechanical property tests and microstructural characterization by SEM、TEM and XRD were conducted. The results showed the impact toughness would decrease with the slowing of cooling rate during quenching, and the low cooling rate within the temperature range from 820 to 660 °C played a significant effect on the impact toughness . Different from the mechanism of temper brittleness, the main causes of embrittlement due to the slow cooling upon quenching were both the continuous precipitation of M23C6 along prior austenite grain boundaries during the process of slow cooling and that of M2C along prior residual austenite film during tempering, and this kind of quench brittleness was nonreversal.


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