Methods for increasing the hardness and wear resistance of economically alloyed high-strength steels for the manufacture of products operating in conditions of intense abrasive wear

A comprehensive overview of the structural factors on which the hardness of steel depends is presented, as well as methods of increasing the hardness and wear resistance of inexpensive, economically alloyed high-carbon steels suitable for operation in abrasive wear and high contact stresses are discussed. The mechanism of increasing the hardness of the material by multiple (cyclic) cold treatment of high-carbon steels hardened on martensite is...