Production of Boron-Containing Powder Steels Using Master Alloys and Boron Carbide

 
S.G.Napara-Volgina,
 
A.Kostenko,
 
V.Kud
 

I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of the NAS of Ukraine, Omeliana Pritsaka str.,3, Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine
Powder Metallurgy - Kiev: Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science NASU, 2010, #11/12
http://www.materials.kiev.ua/article/1692

Abstract

The properties of boron-containing structural powder steels produced using master alloys and boron carbide are examined. It is established that the use of master alloys lead to higher-quality mechanical properties of sintered and thermally treated materials than that of boron carbide. The boron content of structural powder steels that ensure the optimum combination of their properties with master alloys with different compositions is about 1.2%.


BORON CARBIDE, MASTER ALLOY, POWDER STEEL