Influence of carburized surface on plastic properties of steel during tempering

Abstract

The specimen presents the investigation of plasticproperties of carburized steel specimens during low tempering.Carburized specimens often deform during quenching,therefore, the principal aim of the experiment was toinvestigate one of the fixing ways of curved specimens –the bending of curved hardened specimens during temperingunder the effect of transformation plasticity when evensmall internal load generates great deformations. The dependencebetween steel plasticity and carbon content at thetempering temperature was determined. The effect ofasymmetrical carburization on steel transformation plasticitywas examined evaluating the influence of structuralcompressive and tensile stress, which occurred because ofvolume mismatch.