W1 Steel – Composition, Properties, Heat treatment and Applications
W1 steel is high carbon steel used in tools and dies. Topic covered are; Composition | Mechanical Working | Heat treatment | Applications | Properties.
Steel
Engineering steel is a widely used material throughout the history of Men. Topic covered will be;
Steel Production
Heat treatment
Defects in heat treatment
Inspection and Testing
Characterization of Steel
D2 steel hardness | composition | Microstructure | applications
D2 steel is high carbon high chromium tool steel. D2 tool steel hardness, composition, properties, heat treat and manufacturing is shared for users.
Over Heating of Steel & Burning of Steel
Over heating of steel and burning of steel is common problem encountered in alloy steels heated to high austenitizing temperature. Remedy is shared here..
Various Defects of Heat treatment and their remedies
Defects of heat treatment, commonly, appeared are Soft Spots, Quench Cracks, Temper Embrittlement, Low hardness, Distortion and many more.
Tempering Steel Process– Microstructure, Color Chart and Alloying elements effects
Tempering steel process is developed for quenched microstrucures. Topic icludes tempering stages, temper color charts, and alloying elmenets effect.
Effect of Alloying elements in Steel, TTT diagram and Phase transformation diagram
Effect of alloying elements in steel is explained along with their effect on Phase diagram and TTT diagram. Their chracterisitcs are also summarized here.
TTT Diagram of Steel
TTT diagram of steel is used for studying non-equilibirum tranformation in steel. Guide is given to study TTT diagram and its application in Material science.
Types of Microstructure and It s Scaling
Scaling of microstructure is very important for depiting true picture of microstructure. procedure for right way of scaling is discussed in detail here…
Quenching steel – mechanism and quenching media
Quenching of steel results in martensite. Amount of martensitic formation depends upon how fastly quenching media like water, brine and air extracts heat.
Widmanstatten Structure in Steel – Mechanism and Properties
Widmanstatten structure in steel lowers hardness but they have some applications too. Find out microstructural development and ways to eliminate it.
