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Received: August 17, 2016 Accepted: November 28, 2016 Online: December 31, 2016
0.31, Mn; 5.32,Cr ; 1.31, Mo; 0.34, V; 0.014, 1. A 3T VFA = 1040° C, ST = 30 Minute,
Nitrogen gas quench, quench pressure =
P; 0.007 S; balance –Fe. Material chemical
5bar, Three T = 550°C, 570°C, 600°C
composition conforms to HDS AISI- respectively for 2 hours .
H11.Prismatic blocks of dimensions
2. A T C1(6)T VFA = 1040°C, ST = 30 Minute,
6.35x6.35x9 mm were extracted from Nitrogen gas quench, Quench pressure =
spheroidized annealed 16 mm round bars for 5bar, T = 550°C for 2 hours, C1, ST = 6
hours, T = 600°C for 2 hours.
hardness and metallographic study and
3. AT C1(21)T VFA = 1040°C, ST = 30 Minute,
Prismatic sample (10x10x55mm) were
Nitrogen gas quench, Quench pressure =
extracted in the longitudinal direction for 5bar, T = 550°C for 2 hours, C1, ST =
Charpy impact testing as per ASTM E23-07. 21 hours, T = 600°C for 2 hours.
electrical heated vacuum furnace, (Make Number in parentheses shows the soaking times in hours at
Hind High Vacuum, Bangalore, India, cryogenic temperature.
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India). Slow cooling rate (1°C/Min) from molds were prepared with Cold setting
ambient to deep cryogenic treatment soak resins, grinding of molds were done with
temperature (-154°C) and a slow heating rate silicon carbide emery paper of grit size 120,
(1°C/Min) from cryogenic treatment 200, 600, 800, 1000, 1600, 2000, 3000 and
temperature to ambient temperature were fine polished using diamond slurry, particle
applied. size 6micron,with white kerosene oil as a
Hardness Test suspension media on rotating velvet cloth.
Micro hardness value was measured on Polished specimen were etched with 3%
Micro Vicker hardness tester, model: MVK- Nital (97%Nitric Acid + 3% Ethanol) and
H2, make: Akashi, Japan, by following dried in hot air. A3T and C1 group’s
ASTM standards E384-08a [9]. Indentation specimens micro structural features were
load applied in hardness test was 1000gf studied under the field emission scanning
(9.8N) with dwell time of 15 second. Five electron microscope model: Quanta FEG450
hardness readings were taken at different make: FEI, Holland. SEM microstructure
points to estimate the average value of images of C1 and A3T group samples are
hardness for each sample. shown in “Figure 4” and “Figure 5”.
ATC1(21)T treated sample have significantly increasing soaking time at the cryogenic
higher micro- hardness, which is around temperature and to have best mechanical
2.8% higher than the A3T sample and also properties optimum holding time is 36 hours
highest in the C1, DCT sample which are in case of D2 Cold work steel for deep
around 0.4 and 5.8% higher than the cryogenic treatment. Amini et al. also
ATC1(6)T, ATC1(36)T, respectively. The showed the decrease in hardness of
results demonstrate that the DCT influences 80CrMo12 5 cold work tool steel and
the micro-hardness of the samples in predicted that 48 hours holding time is
comparison to the A3T samples; the observed optimum to have best hardness value in this
micro-hardness value for treatment C1 tool steel grade.
increases up to 21 hour soaking time and then Charpy Impact strength
shows decrease in micro-hardness with Results of toughness (CVN) for A3T and
further increase in soaks time at DCT i.e. 36 varied DCT treated sample of HDS AISI H-
hours soaking. 11 are shown in Table 3 which depicts the
500
450 446
456.2 458.6
436
results of mean value of three samples for
400 each treatment group along-with standard
Micro Vicker Hardness (HV1)
350
deviation and standard error of mean.
300
25
21
Charpy Impact Strength (J)
20 19
15
10
0
A3T ATC1(6)T ATC1(21)T ATC1(36)T
Treatment Conditions (c)
Figure 2: Charpy impact strength of conventional and
varied cryogenic treated HDS AISI - H11
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