Quenching of EN-8 Medium Carbon Steel in Salt Bath of Different Concentrations
Main Article Content
Abstract
Heat treatment of metals and alloys is an important operation in the final fabrication of several engineering parts. Heat treatment and microstructure studies have always been a wide area of research for mechanical and metallurgical engineers. The application of different quenchants for cooling process has further has widened the scope of quenching. This experimental work is concentrated on the microstructure of EN-8 medium carbon steel cast samples when heat treated at different temperatures and quenched in different types of quenchants. The properties of this steel got affected due to sudden quenching. The microstructure of the steel was analysed and it was subjected to Rockwell hardness tests. Increase in hardness value of the samples was determined. The change in microstructure was studied.
Article Details
Issue
Section
Articles
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work two years after publication simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).