Abrasive Wear Behaviors of Light-weight Austenitic Fe-24Mn-7Al-1C Steel and Mn13Cr2 Steel

The impact abrasive wear behaviors of light-weight austenitic Fe-24Mn-7Al-1C steel with increasing impact wear conditions were studied by comparing with the modified Had field (Mn13Cr2) steel. Wear tests were performed with the MLD-10 abrasive wear testing machine. Main parameters such as impact energy, impacting frequency and wear time were evaluated. To explore the abrasive wear behaviors under different impact energies, the parameters including mass loss, wear resistance and hardness were evaluated in detail. The microstructures of the steels were further analyzed using optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Results showed that the light-weight austenitic Fe-24Mn-7Al-1C steel had a better wear resistance than Mn13Cr2 steel under the impact energy tested. The wear resistance of light-weight austenitic Fe-24Mn-7Al-1C steel was about 1. 09 — 1. 17 times as high as that of Mn13Cr2 steel under low and medium impact energy (0. 5 —2.0 J) conditions, and l. 41 times under high impact energy (4. 0 J) condition. In Mn13Cr2 steel, the evolution of dislocation substructure with increasing impact energy showed typical stacking fault, interaction of twins and dislocations, as well as mechanical twins. The high work-hardening rate in Fe-24Mn-7Al-1C steel was caused by Taylor lattice and high density of dislocation tangles.