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bigzipper

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Dec 9, 2009
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does anyone know typical impact proerties for cast 4140 steel, heat treated to 35 Rc range?
 
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What is the service temperature for the impact testing on this?

Look at matweb.com

Input 4140 in the search bar. I assume that the heat treatment is a Q&T? Look around in the 900F - 1000F tempering range for a matching hardness, though if the test temperature is not within a few degrees of your service temperature, then the impact properties do not apply to your application.

HOWEVER:

1) I would avoid using cast materials for impact loading. Use a forged material.

2) If you cannot avoid the use of a casting for your application, use an alloy with a higher nickel content like 4340 or 6820. Nickel does a lot to improve toughness, although 8620 cannot be hardened through Q&T.

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Unfortunately there aren’t any ‘typical’ impact props at a given hardness.

Unlike UTS and YS, you cannot dial in a hardness and expect a correlation to either impact strength, elongation, RA, fx toughness, etc. It all depends on the microstructure: phases present and the morphology. These are dependent on the path taken to get to 35 HRC or other (steelmaking process, chemistry, refining, HT). A good reference is ASM Hdbk, Vol 1. Also ditto what EngineerTex said, plus lower carbon, e.g. 4130.
 
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