Wear Mechanism of ADI

In this research wear mechanism of ADI under different intensity of loading with different hardness have been investigated. To study of wear behavior, a series of austempered specimens with optimum mechanical properties were used for wear tests. Dry sliding wear tests were carried out in pin-on-ring wear tester machine at speed of 0.5 ms-1 and loaded with normal loads of 100,200,300 and 400 N. Scanning electron microscopy for microstructure and wear surface analysis was used. To determine the austenite volume fraction and the percentage of carbon content in austenite, X-ray diffraction analysis was used. Results show that the role of retained austenite at wear properties of ADI is dependent on loading intensity and austenite carbon content.