TABLE I

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0,08 0,74 0,21--0,35 30

3 0,08 0,70 22 0,30--0,38 34

T h e c h a n g e in the m o l y b d e n u m c o n c e n t r a t i o n in the m e t a l l i c m a t r i x and the m e c h a n i c a l p r o p e r t i e s of

the c a s t i r o n in r e l a t i o n to the p h o s p h o r u s c o n t e n t and the c o o l i n g r a t e a f t e r c a s t i n g a r e given in T a b l e 1.
L o w e r i n g the p h o s p h o r u s c o n t e n t l e a d s to a r e d u c t i o n of the n u m b e r of p h o s p h i d e e u t e c t i c i n c l u s i o n s ,
while an i n c r e a s e of the c o o l i n g r a t e , which is a c h i e v e d in p r a c t i c e by r e m o v i n g the c a s t i n g f r o m the m o l d
a t t e m p e r a t u r e s a b o v e 750-780°C, r e d u c e s the s e g r e g a t i o n of e l e m e n t s d u r i n g s o l i d i f i c a t i o n . By c h a n g i n g
t h e s e f a c t o r s one c a n i n c r e a s e the c o n c e n t r a t i o n of m o l y b d e n u m in the m e t a l l i c m a t r i x and thus m o r e c o n s i s -
t e n t l y o b t a i n an a c i c u t a r b a i n i t i c s t r u c t u r e in a b r o a d e r r a n g e of c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of the a l l o y i n g e l e m e n t s .

HARDNESS CONVERSION TABLES

V. D. Kal'ner and F. I. Shor UDC ( 0 8 3 . 4 ) : 5 3 9 . 5 3 1

In p r a c t i c e it is often n e c e s s a r y to c o n v e r t the h a r d n e s s n u m b e r f r o m one s y s t e m to a n o t h e r . T h e r e a r e

d o z e n s of c o n v e r s i o n t a b l e s and g r a p h s , d i s a g r e e i n g with e a c h o t h e r in m a n y e a s e s , and s t r i c t l y s p e a k i n g s u i t -
a b l e only for l i m i t e d g r o u p s of m a t e r i a l s . T o e l i m i n a t e d i s c r e p a n c i e s a s s o c i a t e d with u s e of v a r i o u s t a b l e s ,
a n d to i n d i c a t e the r a n g e of a p p l i c a t i o n and t h e e r r o r in the c o n v e r s i o n , g u i d e l i n e s have b e e n d e v e l o p e d at t h e
M o s c o w A u t o m o b i l e F a c t o r y (RTM 37.105.00600-74) f o r a l l o r g a n i z a t i o n s c o n c e r n e d with p r o d u c t i o n at the M o s c o w

TABLE 1

Vickers Brinell Rockwell 3 Vickers Brinell Rockwell 7~ Vickets Rockwe

HV H B3000 HRB -~ HV H B3000 H RC ~. HV HRC

o= d~
I00 100 34 240 240 !0,3 81 47,5
165 10.5 36 245 245 !! ,2 83 48,2
110 110 37 250 ZS0 ~2,1 49,6
I15 115 39 255 255 !3,0 50,8
120 120 41 260 260 !3,9 52,0
125 125 42 265 265 !4,8 53,1
130 130 44 270 270 ~,6 92 54,2
:35 135 46 275 275 !6,4 93 55,4
140 140 48 280 280 !7,2 95 56,5
145
t50
145
150
49
5I
285
290
28,5
290
~,0
28,8
g 57,5
58,4
155 155 53 295 2~5 29,5 59,3
160 160 54 300 300 30,2 102
165 165 56 310 310 H,6 61,1
170 170 58 320 319 k3,e 108 62,0
175 175 59 330 328 34,2 Ill 62,8
180 180 61 340 336 ?5,3 114 63,6
185 185 63 3,50 344 36,3 117 64,3
190 190 65 360 352 37,2 120 £x$,1
I95 195 66 370 360 38,1 65,8
"209 200 68 380 368 38.£ 125 66,4
205 205 70 390 376 39,7 128 07,0
210 210 71 400 384 40,~ 1,31
215 215 73 410 392 41,:: 133
220 220 75 420 400 42, I I36
225 225 76 430 4O8 42,.c 139
230 230 78 440 416 43,; 14t I
235 235 801 450 425 44,,' 1144 I
240 240 81 ' 460 434 45fi p47 1
/151 !
470 443 46,]
480 452 46~1 1154 /
N o t e . The error in c o n v e r t i n g th Vi, :kers hat less number to Brll Lell is 20 liB; Rockwell
it is ~ IlRC or I-fl~B;to v a l u e s of ob i t i s ~ 10%.

Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya O b r a b o t k a M e t a l l o v , No. 9, pp. 5 9 - 6 1 , S e p t e m b e r ,

1977.
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