The Resistance to Wear and Thermal Cracking of Laser Surface Engineered P20 Steel
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Abstract
This study reports the microstructure and surface properties of P20 steel processed by laser surface engineering (involving surface hardening and melting), which are carried out using a fiber laser with the maximum power of 2 kW. Ultrafine martensite laths with high boundary density are formed both in the laser surface hardened layer and in the melted layer. This dramatically improves the surface hardness of the P20 steel. However, the laser surface melted layer exhibits a relatively lower hardness than the laser surface hardened layer. It can be attributed to the remarkable autotempering effect and the vaporization of alloy elements in the melted layer. The wear resistance and thermal cracking resistance of the samples treated by laser surface engineering show a significant improvement compared with the as received material. The surface hardened layer exhibits superior wear and thermal cracking resistance due to its relatively high surface hardness and plastic deformation resistance, which can effectively suppress the formation of cracks during wear and thermal cracking tests.
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OpenAlex topics: High Entropy Alloys Studies · Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes · Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
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Affiliations
School of Construction Machinery, Shandong Jiao Tong University, Jinan 250357, China
Academic Affairs Division, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan 250353, China
Tongyu Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Dezhou 251200, China
Institute of Materials Modification and Modeling, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province · Innovation Ability Improvement Project for small and medium-sized high-tech company in Shandong Province
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