RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Effect of vanadium carbide on dry sliding wear behavior of powder metallurgy AISI M2 high speed steel processed by concentrated solar energy A1 García Cabezón, Ana Cristina A1 Romero Gutiérrez, Ana A1 Herranz Sánchez-Cosgalla, Gemma A1 Blanco Val, María Yolanda A1 Martín Pedrosa, Fernando K1 Sliding wear K1 Steel-matrix composite K1 Wear testing K1 Microstructure AB Mixtures of AISI M2 high speed steel and vanadium carbide (3, 6 or 10 wt.%) were prepared by powder metallurgy and sintered by concentrated solar energy (CSE). Two different powerful solar furnaces were employed to sinter the parts and the results were compared with those obtained by conventional powder metallurgy using a tubular electric furnace. CSE allowed significant reduction of processing times and high heating rates. The wear resistance of compacts was studied by using rotating pin-on-disk and linearly reciprocating ball-on-flat methods. Wear mechanisms were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations and chemical inspections of the microstructures of the samples. Better wear properties than those obtained by conventional powder metallurgy were achieved. The refinement of the microstructure and the formation of carbonitrides were the reasons for this. PB ELSERVIER SN 1044-5803 YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/21851 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/21851 LA eng NO Materials Characterization 121 (2016) 175–186 DS UVaDOC RD 27-dic-2024