PMID- 37176174 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230515 IS - 1996-1944 (Print) IS - 1996-1944 (Electronic) IS - 1996-1944 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 9 DP - 2023 Apr 22 TI - Effect of Multi-Element Microalloying on the Structure and Properties of High Chromium Cast Iron. LID - 10.3390/ma16093292 [doi] LID - 3292 AB - High chromium cast iron (HCCI) has been widely used as wear-resistant material in the industry. Alloying is an effective way to improve the microstructure and mechanical properties of HCCI. This paper added multi-component V-Fe-Ti-Nb-C-Zr-B alloy (VFC) to HCCI, showing a significant synergistic solution-strengthening effect. The results show that the added V-Ti-Nb-B are dissolved in M(7)C(3) carbide to form the (Cr, Fe, V, Ti, Nb)(7)(C, B)(3) alloy carbide, and a small amount of V and all Zr are dissolved in austenite and martensite. Adding VFC into HCCI improved the hardenability of HCCI, decreased the residual austenite content from 6.0 wt% to 0.9 wt%, increased the martensite content from 70.7 wt% to 82.5 wt%, and changed the structure and content of M(7)C(3) carbide. These changes increased the hardness of as-cast and heat-tread HCCI by 1.4% and 4.1%, increased the hardness of austenite and martensite by 7.9% and 7.0%, increased the impact toughness by 16.9%, and decreased the friction coefficient and wear loss by 2.3 % and 7.0 %, respectively. Thus, the hardness, toughness, wear resistance, and friction resistance of HCCI alloy are improved simultaneously. FAU - Liu, Tao AU - Liu T AD - Key Laboratory for New Type of Functional Materials in Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, No. 5340 Xiping Road 1, Beichen District, Tianjin 300401, China. FAU - Sun, Jibing AU - Sun J AD - Key Laboratory for New Type of Functional Materials in Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, No. 5340 Xiping Road 1, Beichen District, Tianjin 300401, China. FAU - Xiao, Zhixia AU - Xiao Z AD - Key Laboratory for New Type of Functional Materials in Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, No. 5340 Xiping Road 1, Beichen District, Tianjin 300401, China. FAU - He, Jun AU - He J AD - Key Laboratory for New Type of Functional Materials in Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, No. 5340 Xiping Road 1, Beichen District, Tianjin 300401, China. FAU - Shi, Weidong AU - Shi W AD - Tianjin Lixinsheng New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin 301602, China. FAU - Cui, Chunxiang AU - Cui C AD - Key Laboratory for New Type of Functional Materials in Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, No. 5340 Xiping Road 1, Beichen District, Tianjin 300401, China. LA - eng GR - E2022202017/Natural Science Foundation of Hebei province, China/ GR - 216Z1008G/Central Government Guides Local Funds for Science and Technology Development/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230422 PL - Switzerland TA - Materials (Basel) JT - Materials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101555929 PMC - PMC10179138 OTO - NOTNLM OT - alloying OT - high chrome cast iron OT - iron alloys OT - mechanical property COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/05/13 15:12 MHDA- 2023/05/13 15:13 PMCR- 2023/04/22 CRDT- 2023/05/13 01:31 PHST- 2023/04/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/13 15:13 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/13 15:12 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/13 01:31 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ma16093292 [pii] AID - materials-16-03292 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ma16093292 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Materials (Basel). 2023 Apr 22;16(9):3292. doi: 10.3390/ma16093292.