Thursday, 23 November 2017

ALLOY STEEL

ALLOY STEEL

WHEN CERTAIN SPECIFIC PROPERTIES ARE DESIRED SOME ELEMENT SUCH AS NICKEL , CHROMIUM , MANGNESE , VANADIUM ,ETC. ARE ADDED TO THE CARBON STEEL . THE STEEL THUS OBTAIN IS CALLED ALLOY STEEL


PURPOSE OF ALLOYING
v  TO IN PART A FINE GRAIN SIZE TO STEEL
v  TO IMPROVE CASE HARDENING PROPERTIES
v  TO IMPROVE ELASTICITY
v  TO IMPROVE CORROSION AND FATIQUE RESISTANCE
v  TO IMPROVE HARDNESS,TOUGHNESS AND TENSILE STRENGTH
v  TO IMPROVE MACHINEABILITY
v  TO IMPROVE CUTTING ABILITY
v  TO STRENGTHEN THE FERRITE
v  TO IMPROVE DUCTILITY
v  TO IMPROVE HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURE STABILITY
v  TO IMPROVE WEAR RESISTANT 


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