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Effect of Low-Temperature Austempering and Quenching and Partitioning Treatments on Adhesive Wear Resistance of High-Silicon Multiphase Steels

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The quest for vehicle safety improvement with weight reduction and consequently lower fuel consumption led the automotive industry to begin research into the third generation of advanced high-strength steels. These steels present complex microstructures, composed of martensite, bainite and stable retained austenite. Two of the main treatments for obtaining these microstructures are the low-temperature austempering and quenching and partitioning (Q&P). The objective of this work is to evaluate the microhardness and adhesive wear performance of C-Si-Mn and C-Si-Mn-Nb steels submitted to the treatments mentioned above. Both austempering and the partitioning steps were conducted at Ms+50 °C. Treatment times were 1 and 3 h for austempering and 10, 30 and 60 min for Q&P. Results show that niobium addition promotes improvement in wear performance despite inferior levels of austenite stabilization and changes in the bainite morphology.

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The authors would like to thank Baldan LTDA and Villares Metals S.A for technical support and the Laboratory of Structural Characterization (LCE/DEMa/UFSCar) for the general facilities. This work was carried out with the support of the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)—Brazil, Code of Funding 001, and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)—Brazil, Code of Funding 305294/2015-6.

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    Pedro Gabriel Bonella de Oliveira, Ricardo Tadeu Junior Aureliano & Luiz Carlos Casteletti

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  3. Department of Materials, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Amadeu Lombardi Neto

  4. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, USA

    George Edward Totten

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de Oliveira, P.G.B., Aureliano, R.T.J., Casteletti, L.C. et al. Effect of Low-Temperature Austempering and Quenching and Partitioning Treatments on Adhesive Wear Resistance of High-Silicon Multiphase Steels. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 3542–3550 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04699-9

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