Abstract:
Presently, carbon steels S45C modified by small additions of allo yin g elements such as
chromium or bo ron are available and used more in the market. As a result , que stions
from the industrial field about their properties in each application have been raised. Thi s
research is focused on the study of the influences of chromium and boron on properties
of S45C carbon steel.
In this experiment, three different specifications of S45C carbon steel are used which are
S45C (standard grade ), S45C added with chromium (S45C+Cr), and S45C added with
boron (S45C+B). The studies can be divided to three topics: 1. The study of properties of
steels afte r he at treatment processes which are normalizing, hardening, and tempering. 2.
The study of hardenability by Jominy End-Quench Test. and 3. The Stud y of mech ani cal
properties of steel.
The results from norm alizing at temperature 870?C and 900 DC show that the add ition s
of Cr and B affect on the grain sizes . Chromium add ed-steel gives the smalles t grain
sizes after normalizing at both temperatures. However, after normalizing at 900 ?C,
abnormal grain growth occurs in some grains of boron-added steel. The results of
hardening at 900?C and tempering at various temperatures reveals that the additions of
chromium and boron affect on microstructure and increase hardness resulting from the
increasing of martensite and bainite. The hardnability also increases in Jominy End Quench
test when both elements are added into steel. The results of chromium addedsteel
illustrate better hardenability than the boron added-steel. From mechanical test s,
tensile strength is improved in both chromium added-steel and boron added-steel, but the
enhancement of strength is in the different range of tempering temperature. The impact
energies of chromium added-steel are the lowest at every tempering temperature.
However, the small addition of boron allows higher impact energy when the tempering
temperatures are in the rang e of low to medium.