The effect of microstructure on the local wear behavior of dual phase steels

Abstract

For experimental purposes we used a micro-scale ball-cratering tribometer. In case this test, the process parameters (load, angular speed) were constant, the solution of the wear-kinetic differential equation could be expressed in a simple, closed form. It was tested four types of samples according to the next microstructure, low martensitic steel sample (30% martensite and 70% ferrite), medium martensitic steel sample (50% martensite and 50% ferrite), high martensitic steel sample (70% martensite and 30% ferrite), full martensitic steel sample (100% martensite). © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.