ABRASIVE WEAR-RESISTANCE OF HIGH-CARBON CHROME-NICKEL STEEL

High wear resistance, including abrasive wear resistance, is ensured b y producing a certain structure in alloys, i. e., of the base (matrix) and of inclusions consisting of very hard particles (carbides), A cor relation between the hardness of the matrix and the total wear resista nce of alloys is not always discovered. The article presents the resul ts of an investigation of the wear resistance of chrome-nickel steels with austenitic and austenitic-martensitic structure having different hardness and different degree of stability of the austenite.