STRUCTURE AND HARDNESS CHANGES WITH HARDENING TEMPERATURE IN HIGH-CHROMIUM STEELS AND CAST IRONS
A model for predicting the amount and composition of carbides, martensite and retained austenite as well as hardness of quenched high-chromium Fe-Cr-C alloys is developed. It is based upon calculation of equilibrium phase composition at heating temperature. Results are compared with the authors' own and literature experimental data.