HIGH HARDNESS, HIGH TOUGHNESS IRON-BASE ALLOYS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME

One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to low-alloy steels exhibiting high hardness and an advantageous level of multi-hit ballistic resistance with minimal crack propagation imparting a level of ballistic performance suitable for military armor applications. Certain embodiments of the ste...

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Main Authors SWIATEK, Glenn J, BAILEY, Ronald E, PARAYIL, Thomas R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 07.03.2018
Subjects
ALLOYS
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS
MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS
METALLURGY
METALLURGY OF IRON
MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Summary:One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to low-alloy steels exhibiting high hardness and an advantageous level of multi-hit ballistic resistance with minimal crack propagation imparting a level of ballistic performance suitable for military armor applications. Certain embodiments of the steels according to the present disclosure have hardness in excess of 550 HBN and demonstrate a high level of ballistic penetration resistance relative to conventional military specifications.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20080826748