Effects of copper on the hardenability of a medium-carbon steel

Erik J. Pavlina; Seok Jae Lee; Eero T. Virtanen; Lee M. Rothleutner; Chester J. Van Tyne

doi:10.1007/s11661-011-0906-6

Effects of copper on the hardenability of a medium-carbon steel

Erik J. Pavlina^*
, Seok Jae Lee
, Eero T. Virtanen
, Lee M. Rothleutner
, Chester J. Van Tyne

^*Corresponding author for this work

Metallurgical System Engineering

Pohang University of Science and Technology
Tampere University
Colorado School of Mines

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Abstract

Scrap-based steelmaking is gradually increasing the levels of residual copper present in modern steels. End-quench hardenability tests were conducted on medium-carbon steels containing up to 0.4 wt pct copper to evaluate if current methods are still accurate for predicting the ideal critical diameter as residual copper levels rise. The results indicate that copper's contribution to hardenability, especially at lower concentrations, may be greater than conventional calculation methods indicate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3572-3576
Number of pages	5
Journal	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume	42
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-011-0906-6
State	Published - 2011.12

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