A study of the abrasive wear of carbon steels

The abrasive wear behaviour of 0.10%–1.4% carbon steels heat treated to various micro-structures and hardnesses was studied using a pin-on-drum machine. For constant hardness and carbon content less than 1.0%, the results show that bainite had the highest wear resistance, followed by tempered martensite and annealed structures. For 1.2%C steel, the annealed structure had wear resistance superior to the quenched and tempered structure and...