The purpose of this paper is to study the effects on the boronized depth, micro-hardness, micro-structure and wear resistance of the high carbon cold tool steels by liquid boronizing.
The molten borax contain K_2B_4O_7·xH_2O_3, H_BO_3, Mg, etc.
The...
The purpose of this paper is to study the effects on the boronized depth, micro-hardness, micro-structure and wear resistance of the high carbon cold tool steels by liquid boronizing.
The molten borax contain K_2B_4O_7·xH_2O_3, H_BO_3, Mg, etc.
The results obtained were as follows;
1) The boronized depth and micro-hardness at the surface layer were increased with increasing boronizing time and temperature.
2) In the temperature range from 800℃ to 900℃, the boride layer was only Fe_2B but 950℃ to 1000℃, boride layer had two layers of FeB and Fe_2B. In the case of STD 11, 900℃ to 1000℃, the boride layer was Fe_2B.
3) The wear resistance of the bornized specimen was increased remarkably about 40~50 times than that of the quench-and-tempered specimens.