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Analysis of the carbide precipitation and microstructural evolution in HCCI as a function of the heating rate and
M Agustina Guitar1, U Pranav Nayak2, Lucía Campo Schneider2
1Department of Materials Science, Saarland University, Campus D3.3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany. a.guitar@mx.uni-saarland.de.
Abstract:
Microstructural modification of high chromium cast irons (HCCI) through the precipitation of secondary carbides (SC) during destabilization treatments is essential for improving their tribological response. However, there is not a clear consensus about the first stages of the SC precipitation and how both the heating rate (HR) and destabilization temperature can affect the nucleation and growth of SC. The present work shows the microstructural evolution, with a special focus on the SC precipitation, in a HCCI (26 wt% Cr) during heating up to 800, 900, and 980 °C. It was seen that the HR is the most dominant factor influencing the SC precipitation as well as the matrix transformation in the studied experimental conditions. Finally, this work reports for first time in a systematic manner, the precipitation of SC during heating of the HCCI, providing a further understanding on the early stages of the SC precipitation and the associated microstructural modifications.
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