TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase change materials as quenching media for heat treatment of 42CrMo4 steels
AU - Sakkaki, Milad
AU - Sadegh Moghanlou, Farhad
AU - Parvizi, Soroush
AU - Baghbanijavid, Haniyeh
AU - Babapoor, Aziz
AU - Shahedi Asl, Mehdi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - In the present work, paraffin phase change material is used as quenchant for the heat treatment of 42CrMo4 alloy and compared with water, air, and CuO doped paraffin. The samples were prepared based on ASTM E 8M-98 standard for tensile test and then heated up to 830 °C, kept for 4 h in an electric resistance furnace and then quenched in the mentioned media. Elastic modulus, yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, elongation, and modulus of toughness were determined according to the obtained stress-strain curves. Moreover, the hardness and microstructural evolution were investigated after the heat treatment at different media. The samples quenched in paraffin and CuO-doped paraffin are higher in ultimate tensile strength (1439 and 1306 MPa, respectively) than those quenched in water (1190 MPa) and air (1010 MPa). The highest hardness, with a value of HV 552, belonged to the sample quenched in CuO-doped paraffin. The microstructural studies revealed that the non-tempered steel had a ferrite/pearlite microstructure, while by quenching in water, paraffin and CuO-doped paraffin, ferrite/martensite microstructures were achieved. It is also observed that using the air as quenchant resulted in a three-phase bainite/martensite/ferrite microstructure.
AB - In the present work, paraffin phase change material is used as quenchant for the heat treatment of 42CrMo4 alloy and compared with water, air, and CuO doped paraffin. The samples were prepared based on ASTM E 8M-98 standard for tensile test and then heated up to 830 °C, kept for 4 h in an electric resistance furnace and then quenched in the mentioned media. Elastic modulus, yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, elongation, and modulus of toughness were determined according to the obtained stress-strain curves. Moreover, the hardness and microstructural evolution were investigated after the heat treatment at different media. The samples quenched in paraffin and CuO-doped paraffin are higher in ultimate tensile strength (1439 and 1306 MPa, respectively) than those quenched in water (1190 MPa) and air (1010 MPa). The highest hardness, with a value of HV 552, belonged to the sample quenched in CuO-doped paraffin. The microstructural studies revealed that the non-tempered steel had a ferrite/pearlite microstructure, while by quenching in water, paraffin and CuO-doped paraffin, ferrite/martensite microstructures were achieved. It is also observed that using the air as quenchant resulted in a three-phase bainite/martensite/ferrite microstructure.
KW - 42CrMo4 steel
KW - heat treatment
KW - mechanical property
KW - microstructure
KW - phase change materials
KW - quenchant
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U2 - 10.1007/s11771-020-4328-8
DO - 10.1007/s11771-020-4328-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081257426
SN - 2095-2899
VL - 27
SP - 752
EP - 761
JO - Journal of Central South University
JF - Journal of Central South University
IS - 3
ER -