Impact Of Heat Treatment on Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Stainless Steels

Authors:Dr.Chandregowda M, Mr. Veeresh B M, Mr. G. Chandrakanth, Mr. Rajendra Prasad.G, Mr.Rakesh Poojar

pp:26-37

Abstract

Stainless Steel utilized in an extensive variety of packages which includes plane, mechanical device and railways.Stainless metal is most effective makes use of in primary enterprise however also can be utilized in non-primary enterprise which include watch production that includes micro length of elements. Stainless is an iron alloy containing 0.02 to 2.14% of C, Cr content material more than 12% and different alloying elements. Engineering materials, broadly speaking metal, are warmth handled below managed collection of heating and cooling to regulate their bodily and mechanical homes to satisfy favoured engineering application. In this study, the impact of Solutionization warmth remedy at the microstructures, a few decided on mechanical homes and corrosion homes of chrome steel have been studied. Solutionization is the method of heating to 10500C temperature and air cooled to get unmarried section homogeneous austenite section. the microstructure of the pattern changed into tested the use of metallographic microscope. The metal samples have been warmth handled in an electric powered tubular furnace at specific temperature stages and steady soaking instances after which cooled in air cooling. Rockwell and Brinell hardness values of warmth handled and untreated samples have been decided the use of popular methods. Corrosion research of warmth handled and untreated samples have been decided through the use of weight reduction size and potenitiostatic curves and corrosion price values are compared.

Keywords:Stainless Steel, Corrosion, Heat Treatment, Alloy