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Influence of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hot-work Tool Steel on Wear Resistance Subjected to High-stress Wear Conditions

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dissolution of the small carbides residual from annealing and earlier processing, on the mechanical and wear properties of hot-work tool steel. Recommended as well as extreme austenitization temperatures (950 °C, 1030 °C and 1150 °C) with subsequent tempering were used aiming at same hardness level of specimens of same material. This allows correlation in wear resistance variation to the microstructural elements and variations in other mechanical properties of the investigated steel. M23C6 and MC are still present at the Taus = 950 °C, which are being dissolved with higher austenitization temperature. Optimal combination of mechanical properties are obtained at recommended austenitization. Specimens subjected to lowest austenitization showed the worst abrasive wear resistance.

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This work was done in the frame of the research program P2-0050 which is financed by the Slovenian Research Agency. The author would also like to thank co-worker Barbara Šetina Batič for help given concerning EBSD characterization and Slovenian national building and civil engineering institute (Laboratory for Metals, Corrosion and Anticorrosion protection) for allowing to use TRIBOtechnic Pin-on-Disc TRIBOtester and performing unidirectional sliding wear tests.

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    Božo Skela, Marko Sedlaček, Fevzi Kafexhiu & Bojan Podgornik

  2. Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Božo Skela & Bojan Podgornik

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Skela, B., Sedlaček, M., Kafexhiu, F. et al. Influence of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hot-work Tool Steel on Wear Resistance Subjected to High-stress Wear Conditions. Tribol Lett 68, 58 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-020-01300-1

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