A quantitative assessment of the hardenability increase resulting from a superhardenability treatment

Surface Tension of Fe–Mn–C Melts

“…MST is used for superhardening of steel. The hardenability and dilatometry trials showed that the treatment leads to a significant and repeated increase in hardenability because of strongly retarded ferrite/pearlite and bainite reactions [12]. The effect of MST on the morphology of the solidliquid (S/L) interface during solidification was studied; it was found that melt processing by overheating increases the stability of the S/L interface and has a significant effect on the characteristics of the solid metal [13].…”