Effect of Hardening Treatment on Dry Sliding Wear of Plain Low Carbon Steel

The dry sliding wear behavior of annealed and water quenched 0.09% carbon steel has been investigated to correlate the microstructural, ductility and pull of work with wear. Wear characteristics of heat treated plain low carbon steel, were monitored on a standard pin-on-disk wear testing machine under the different normal loads at a constant sliding velocity of 1 m/s. Wear rate has been obtained by weight loss of the specimen measured at specified time intervals. The specimen with higher ductility showed a lower wear rate than the specimen with lower ductility. It was found that there is no simple relationship between the hardness and the wear resistance. Phase morphology also affects the wear resistance.