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Progress in understanding the metallurgy of 18% nickel maraging steels

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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 97 Issue 11

Abstract

Maraging steels based on iron –nickel martensite constitute a very important family of high-strength steels, which distinguishes itself by demonstrating an unparalleled combination of excellent fabricability and high strength and fracture toughness after heat treatment. Heat treatment of these steels has now been perfected to ensure consistently high levels of strength, ductility, and toughness in a variety of product shapes and sizes. Cobalt-free variants have been commercialized as part of efforts to save production costs. Further knowledge has been generated on 18% nickel maraging steels regarding phases precipitating during aging, thermal embrittlement, thermal cycling and austenite reversion/retention and their effect on mechanical properties. The paper reviews the progress made over the last one and half decades.

Keywords: Maraging steels; Fe –Ni martensite; Heat treatment; Fracture toughness; Thermal embrittlement
Dr. M. Nageswara Rao Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department National Institute of Technology Warangal – 506004 Andhra Pradesh, India Tel.: +91 870 246 2510 98489 27560 (Mob.) Fax: +91 870 245 9547

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Received: 2006-01-20
Accepted: 2006-06-17
Published Online: 2022-01-21

© 2006 Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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  38. The effect of ageing on tensile behaviour, mode I and mixed mode I/III fracture toughness of 7010 aluminium alloy
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  40. Fracture behaviour of ultrafine-grained materials under static and cyclic loading
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  42. Processing and mechanical behaviour of a dual scale particle strengthened copper composite
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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2006-0248
Keywords for this article
Maraging steels; Fe –Ni martensite; Heat treatment; Fracture toughness; Thermal embrittlement

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Diffusion of 65Zn in the Mg17Al12 intermetallic compound and in the Mg-33.4 wt.% Al eutectic
  4. Thermodynamic modeling of the sodium alanates and the Na–Al–H system
  5. Thermodynamic assessment of the systems La2O3–Al2O3 and La2O3–Y2O3
  6. Re-evaluation of phase equilibria in the Al–Mo system
  7. EBSD and EDX analysis at the cladding–substrate interface of a laser clad railway wheel
  8. Thermodynamic properties of liquid silver–indium–antimony alloys determined from e.m.f. measurements
  9. Density and excess volumes of liquid copper, cobalt, iron and their binary and ternary alloys
  10. Thermodynamic investigation of Co–Cr alloys, III: Thermo-analytical measurements using DSC and DTA techniques
  11. Effect of a low frequency electromagnetic field on the direct-chill (DC) casting of AZ80 magnesium alloy ingots
  12. Microstructure of the “white layer” formed on nitrided Fe-7 wt.% Cr alloys
  13. The effect of ageing on tensile behaviour, mode I and mixed mode I/III fracture toughness of 7010 aluminium alloy
  14. Plane bending fatigue behavior of interstitial-free steel at room temperature
  15. Fracture behaviour of ultrafine-grained materials under static and cyclic loading
  16. Influence of process parameters on particle characteristics using a combined pressure-swirl-gas atomizer
  17. Processing and mechanical behaviour of a dual scale particle strengthened copper composite
  18. Electrochemical characterisation of magnesium and wrought magnesium alloys
  19. Progress in understanding the metallurgy of 18% nickel maraging steels
  20. Quality Management Basics on a High Level
  21. Personal
  22. News
  23. Frontmatter
  24. Editorial
  25. Editorial
  26. Basic
  27. Diffusion of 65Zn in the Mg17Al12 intermetallic compound and in the Mg-33.4 wt.% Al eutectic
  28. Thermodynamic modeling of the sodium alanates and the Na–Al–H system
  29. Thermodynamic assessment of the systems La2O3–Al2O3 and La2O3–Y2O3
  30. Re-evaluation of phase equilibria in the Al–Mo system
  31. EBSD and EDX analysis at the cladding–substrate interface of a laser clad railway wheel
  32. Thermodynamic properties of liquid silver–indium–antimony alloys determined from e.m.f. measurements
  33. Density and excess volumes of liquid copper, cobalt, iron and their binary and ternary alloys
  34. Thermodynamic investigation of Co–Cr alloys, III: Thermo-analytical measurements using DSC and DTA techniques
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  38. The effect of ageing on tensile behaviour, mode I and mixed mode I/III fracture toughness of 7010 aluminium alloy
  39. Plane bending fatigue behavior of interstitial-free steel at room temperature
  40. Fracture behaviour of ultrafine-grained materials under static and cyclic loading
  41. Influence of process parameters on particle characteristics using a combined pressure-swirl-gas atomizer
  42. Processing and mechanical behaviour of a dual scale particle strengthened copper composite
  43. Electrochemical characterisation of magnesium and wrought magnesium alloys
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