Effects of Bath Temperature on Cooling Rate, Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Medium Carbon Steel during Quenching Operations
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Date
2015
Authors
Agboola, J.B.
Abubakre, O.K.
Mudiare, E.
Adeyemi, M.B
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Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy
Abstract
The effects of variations of bath temperatures of Selected Nigerian Vegetable oils on cooling rates, mechanical
properties and microstructure of the quenched steel samples were investigated in this work. Cooling curves at
different bath temperatures have been experimentally determined. From the cooling curves, the cooling ability
variations were then analysed. The results obtained show that increasing bath temperatures increased the cooling
rates of the quenched steel. These cooling rates are found to enhance mechanical strength with limited ductility
of the quenched carbon steel. The hardness and tensile strength for palm kernel quenched sample increased from
40.8 HRC to 43 HRC. However, percentage elongation and impact values decreased from 0.28% to 0.21% and
9.5 N/mm2 to 7.5 N/mm2 respectively as bath temperature increases from 35 °C to 100 ºC. The results also
showed that the microstructure of the quenched steel samples can be changed and significantly improved by
varying the bath temperature. Reasons for variation in mechanical properties and microstructure are discussed
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Scholarly article
Keywords
Quenching , mechanical properties , Cooling rate , Vegetable oil , Tempreture , Research Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY
Citation
J.B. Agboola, O.K. Abubakre, E. Mudiare, M.B. Adeyemi (2015), Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy, ISSN 2224-3232 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0573, Vol.5, No.3, 18-26