Three-body abrasive wear behavior of low carbon Fe-B cast alloy and its microstructures under different casting process

This study investigates the effect of semi-solid processing on the microstructures, mechanical properties of low carbon Fe-B cast alloy. The as-cast microstructure of Fe-B cast alloy consists of the eutectic boride, pearlite, and ferrite. Compared with the coarse eutectic borides in the ordinary alloy, the eutectic boride structures in the semi-solid alloy are greatly refined. Moreover, the boride area fraction, Rockwell hardness, impact toughness, etc., before and after heat treatment under different casting methods are also investigated systemically. The wear behaviors of low carbon Fe-B cast alloy are studied by three-body abrasive wear tester. The wear weight loss of semi-solid Fe-B cast alloy is lower than that of the ordinary Fe-B cast alloy because of the lower average boride area for semi-solid specimen. Meanwhile, the wear mechanism of the low carbon Fe-B cast alloy under different casting process is depicted and analyzed by using the physical models.