Effect of heat treatment on surface hardness and tribologicalbehavior of XC38 steel—approach by the experiments plans

Type : Publication
Auteur(s) :  M Bourebia, S Meddah, H Hamadache, A Taleb, A Gharbi, L Laouar
Année :  2019
Domaine : Sciences des matériaux
Revue : Materials Research Express
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Mots clés :  heat treatment, factorial plans, prediction, superficial hardness, tribological behavior

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This work aims at predicting the micro-hardness of XC38steel using the experiments plans as well asstudy of tribological behavior of thissteel. The heat treatments were considered by adopting thefactorial plans 22 methodology at two factors (temperature ‘T’ and holding time ‘t’), each at two levels(-1, +1). The results obtained allowed lead to a mathematical model predicting the micro-hardness‘Hv’ in every point of the study field. Moreover, the curves of the responses surfaces clearly show theinfluence of two factors studied (T, t) on ‘Hv’. Mechanical characterization of treated samples showedasignificant increase in the micro-hardness, which achieve to 76% for the treated sample at 850 °Cduring 2 h compared to untreated state. An investigation of wear tracks morphology shows thatfriction under a load of 10 N results in predominant adhesive wear, while a load of 2 N favorabrasive wear.