Pengaruh Proses Tempering Ganda Terhadap Sifat Mekanik Material Baja Cor Paduan Ni-Cr-Mo [The Influence of Double Tempering on Mechanical Properties of Ni-Cr-Mo Cast Steel Alloy]

Abstract

This research is conducted in order to find the improvement of steel casting mechanical property, that has been treated on double tempering processes. High toughness is required in order that on the application the steel must has capability of holding the impact load or shock without fracture. Properties of steel in the as-cast condition is quite brittle, the elongation is quite low. In order to improve the toughness, the cast steel can be given additional tempering treatment after normalizing processes. The tempering process will reduce hardness and improve the elongation so that the toughness of the steel material can be increased. The second tempering is required to eliminate the brittle phase that occurs and the elongation of the steel material can be increased. The process of heat treatment which has been applied is normalizing followed with a double tempering temperature variation. The variation of tempering temperature is given to find the best combination of the mechanical properties of strength and elongation. The result showed that the heat treatment processes on Ni, Cr and Mo alloy steel material can increase its elongation without decreasing in tensile strength significantly. In the as-cast condition the steel is very brittle i.e. 4% elongation and impact value of 15 J/Cm². The heat treatment process which produces high toughness with the best combination of tensile strength and elongation is the process of normalizing followed by first and the second tempering at 650 °C. Mechanical properties result with tensile strength of 68.3 MPa, yield strength of 52.5 MPa and elongation of 20 %. Material toughness is increased after double tempering around 142 J/Cm².