Effect of Carbon on the Hardenability and Mechanical Properties of 5Ni-CR-Mo-V Steel

Abstract

Seven Laboratory 5Ni-Cr-Mo-V steels containing 0.05 to 0.27 percent carbon were evaluated to establish the carbon-ordering range for the 5Ni-Cr-Mo-V steel as an HY-130/150 steel and to determine the potential of the 5Ni-Cr-Mo-V steel as an HY-180/210 steel. The results showed that an average yield strength of about 140 ksi should be obtained in 1/2-inch-thick water-quenched production plates at a carbon content of about 0.045 percent, but that a minimum carbon content of about 0.085 percent should be specified to obtain similar properties at the midthickness of 4-inch-thick water-quenched plates. Therefore, an ordering range of 0.08 to 0.13 percent carbon is recommended for the 5Ni-Cr-Mo-V steel to insure the desired strength, toughness, and weldability for an HY-130/150 steel. In the tempering range 900 to 1200 deg F, none of the steels investigated exhibited a yield strength of 180 ksi. The high-carbon steels urom the present study and other experimental steels are being evaluated at lower tempering temperatures to determine their potential as HY-180/210 steels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0604872

Entities

People

  • Lew F. Porter
  • S. J. Manganello

Organizations

  • U.S. Steel

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Base Metal
  • Carbon Steels
  • Corporations
  • Electric Furnaces
  • Hardness
  • Low Temperature
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microstructure
  • Notch Toughness
  • Steel
  • Tempering
  • Tensile Strength
  • Toughness
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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