Effect of Soaking Time on Evolution of Microstructure and Hardness during Annealing of EN-47 Spring Steel

Abstract:

The study presents the results of the examination on the effect of soaking time on the Microstructure, Grain shape and hardness properties of annealed EN-47 Spring Steel. The EN-47 Spring Steel samples were heated at 860 °C for soaking times of 60, 120, 240, 480 minutes. Optical Microscopy and Rockwell Hardness were carried out to determine the morphology, grain shape and hardness of the material with increasing soaking time. EN-47 Spring Steel samples showed up a decreased value in hardness with the extent of soaking time. Pearlite colonies expand with the increase in soaking time. The linear relationship between the soaking time and other factors were also observed. Keywords: EN-47, Annealing, Microstructure, Rockwell Hardness.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 969)
• Pages: 427-432
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.969.427
• Online since: August 2019
• Authors: S. Ramesh Kumar, S. Senthil Kumaran*, G. Ramesh, M. Sree Arravind, D. Venkateswarlu
• Keywords: Annealing, EN-47, Microstructure, Rockwell Hardness

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