Effects of ultrasonic nanocrystal surface modification on the surface integrity, microstructure, and wear resistance of 300M martensitic ultra-high strength steel

Weidong Zhao, Daoxin Liu, Richard Chiang, Haifeng Qin, XiaoHua Zhang, Hao Zhang, Jun Liu, Zhencheng Ren, Ruixia Zhang, G. L. Doll, Vijay K. Vasudevan, Yalin Dong, Chang Ye

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY(2020)

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Abstract
In this study, the effects of ultrasonic nanocrystal surface modification (UNSM) treatment on the surface integrity, microstructures and wear resistance of 300M ultra-high strength steel (300M steel) were investigated. The results showed that surface roughness of 300M steels after UNSM processing was significantly decreased with a lower scanning speed even though the surface roughness values were higher than that of mechanically polished control samples. In addition, the surface hardness of 300M steel was significantly enhanced as the static load increased. It was found that using a static load of 50 N and a scanning speed of 250 mm/min in the UNSM process can significantly improve surface hardness (797 HV) while slightly increasing the surface roughness. With these parameters, the resulting microstructure of UNSM-processed samples have three layers: the layer of severe plastic deformation, the layer with gradual plastic deformation, and the unaffected layer. Due to the plastic deformation, greater and deeper compressive residual stresses were induced in the UNSM-processed samples. In addition, the wear resistance of UNSM-processed samples was significantly improved, which was attributed to the refined martensite laths, work hardening and compressive residual stress.
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Ultrasonic nanocrystal surface modification,300M ultra-high strength steel,Electron backscatter diffraction,Surface severe plastic deformation,Residual stress,Wear
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