Abstract The 316L stainless steel (316L SS) is one of the most used metallic materials for implants, due to its high mechanical properties and low cost. However, it is bioinert. One possibility to improve its biocompatibility is the production of a composite with b-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) addition. This study investigated the mechanical behavior of 316L SS/β-TCP composites through powder metallurgy. For this, used were 3 compositions, with 0 %, 5 % and 20 % of β-TCP. The compositions with 5% and 20% were milled during 10 hours with a mass/sphere ratio of 1:10 and 350 rpm. All compositions were uniaxially pressed with 619 MPa and sintered during 1 hour at 1100ºC. The microstructural and mechanical evaluations were performed through scanning electron microscopy, density and compressive strength. The results indicated that, by increasing the percentage of β-TCP in the compositions, the mechanical resistance decreases, as a consequence of its low load support.

Resumo Os aços inoxidáveis ferríticos vêm ganhando cada vez mais espaço na indústria, devido principalmente a sua grande durabilidade e aplicabilidade. Nos últimos anos, o crescente avanço tecnológico da indústria metal mecânica, possibilitou o desenvolvimento de novas ligas e processos de soldagem deste metal. Em meio a estes processos, a soldagem por resistência tem sido muito utilizada por possibilitar rapidez com custo baixo. Muito embora existam poucas informações disponíveis na literatura, é reconhecido que a união pela mescla da atuação simultânea de calor e deformação, presentes no processo de soldagem por resistência, podem interferir diretamente nas propriedades magnéticas e mecânicas dos aços inoxidáveis ferríticos. Assim, uma avaliação destas características em produtos manufaturados torna-se importante em determinados setores industriais, notadamente nos de equipamentos eletrônicos e metrológicos. O objetivo desse artigo é a observação das tensões residuais e propriedades magnéticas em diferentes níveis de energia de soldagem e deformação no processo de soldagem a ponto por resistência elétrica em chapas de aço AISI 444. Os resultados mostraram que a energia de soldagem e deformação afetam as propriedades magnéticas, por outro lado não existe influência substancial na tensão residual.

Abstract Ferritic stainless steel has been gaining space in the industry, due mainly to its durability and applicability. In recent years, the growing technological advances of the metalworking industry, enabled the development of new alloys and welding processes of this metal. In the midst of these processes, resistance spot welding has been largely used due to the very short process time with low cost. Although there is a lack of available information in the literature, the union of materials by the mixture of the simultaneous action of heat and deformation, present in the resistance spot welding, can affects the mechanical and magnetic properties directly of ferritic stainless steels. Thus, an evaluation of these characteristics in manufactured products becomes important in certain industrial sectors, especially in electronic and metrological equipment. The main objective of this article is the observation of residual stresses and magnetic properties at different levels of welding energy and deformation in the resistance spot welding process steel AISI 444. The results showed that welding and deformation energy affect magnetic properties, on the other hand there is no substantial influence on the residual stress.

In this study, the high energy mechanical milling was utilized to the production of duplex stainless steel powders from the recycling chips with and without the addition niobium carbide. The effect of milling time and addition carbide on the morphology, particle size and magnetic properties of the powders was investigated. The utilization of the powder metallurgy constitute an important alternative for the reuse of waste in the industrial sector. The milling was realized using a planetary ball mill for 20 hours at a milling speed of 350 rpm and ball-to-powder weight ratio of 15:1were used, and the (0% and 3 wt. %) niobium carbide (NbC) addition. Scanning electron microscopy and particle distribution analysis were used for characterization of morphology and measure of particle size. Also, to analyze the transformations of phases were investigated using the magnetic characterization and x-ray diffraction. The results indicated that the addition of niobium carbide results in the reduction of the particle size of steel of the order of 20%, besides the reduces the transformation of austenite into strain induced martensitic phase.

RESUMO Este artigo apresenta a obtenção de uma ferrita de chumbo e cobre com a estrutura do espinélio, a caracterização da sua microestrutura e a determinação das suas propriedades magnéticas. A ferrita de cobre e chumbo é um material com baixa coercividade magnética e alta resistividade elétrica. Amostras com estequiometria PbxCu1-xFe2O4, (x = 0,00; 0,05; 0,10;0,15 e 0,20) foram sintetizadas pelo processo de metalurgia do pó e sinterizadas a 1000 °C por 6 h. Os resultados mostram que a amostra com x = 0,00 é formada pela estrutura do espinélio cúbico e x variando de 0,05 a 0,20 são formadas exclusivamente pela estrutura do espinélio tetragonal. As curvas de histerese mostram características de materiais magnéticos moles e a magnetização de saturação e temperatura de Curie diminuíram com a concentração de chumbo, no entanto observou-se o aumento do campo coercivo.

ABSTRACT This paper presents to obtain a lead and copper ferrite with spinel structure, characterizing the microstructure and the determination of their magnetic properties. The copper and lead ferrite is a material with low magnetic coercivity, high electrical resistivity. Samples with stoichiometry PbxCu1-xFe2O4 with (x = 0.00; 0.05; 0.10; 0.15 e 0.20) were prepared by powder metallurgy processes and sintered at 1000 °C for 6 hours. The results show that sample with x = 0.00 is formed exclusively by the cubic spinel structure and samples with x between 0.05 to 0.20 are formed exclusively by the tetragonal spinel structure hysteresis loops show the characteristics of a soft magnetic material and the saturation magnetization and Curie temperature decreased with the lead concentration, however, noted that the increase in the coercive field.

Os aços inoxidáveis duplex são aqueles que possuem uma microestrutura constituída por duas fases distintas, ferrita (α) ferromagnética e austenita (γ) paramagnética, presentes em quantidades aproximadamente iguais. Neste trabalho, a microestrutura do aço duplex UNS S31803 foi modificada através de tratamento térmico (TT) de solubilização à temperatura de 1050°C por 30 minutos, seguido de resfriamento em água. Em seguida, as amostras foram envelhecidas por 5, 15, 30, 60 e 180 minutos, à temperatura de 850°C. Este tratamento promoveu a formação de uma fase deletéria, a fase sigma, que se forma através da decomposição da ferrita, rica nos elementos Cr e Mo, que são formadores desta fase. A formação desta fase altera as propriedades mecânicas e químicas (resistência à corrosão) dos aços duplex e superduplex. As propriedades magnéticas e mecânicas foram avaliadas em cada uma das condições estudadas e correlacionadas com a microestrutura. As propriedades magnéticas das amostras foram obtidas em um Magnetômetro de Amostra Vibrante (MAV), no qual se fez o levantamento da curva de histerese deste material. As propriedades mecânicas das amostras foram caracterizadas por microdureza Vickers empregando-se uma carga de 0,2 kgf. A caracterização microestrutural foi realizada utilizando um microscópio óptico. Com o aumento do tempo de tratamento térmico de envelhecimento, ocorreu o aumento do percentual de fase sigma formada, e diminuição da fase ferrita. Devido a essa transformação, houve alteração das propriedades magnéticas do aço duplex. A fase ferrítica foi calculada através de dois métodos: ferritoscópia e medição da magnetização de saturação; em ambos os casos foi observada a diminuição da fase ferromagnética.

Duplex stainless steels are those that have a microstructure constituted by two phases, ferromagnetic ferrite (α) and paramagnetic austenite (γ), which are present in approximately equal volumetric fraction. In this work, the microstructure of duplex steel UNS S31803 was modified by a thermal solubility treatment at temperature of 1050 °C for 30 minutes, followed by water cooling. Next, specimens were aged for 5, 15, 30, 60 and 180 minutes at temperature of 850°C. This treatment promoted the formation of a deleterious phase, the sigma phase, which is formed by the decomposition of ferrite, rich in the elements Cr and Mo. The formation of this phase changes the mechanical and chemical properties of the duplex and super duplex steels. The magnetic and mechanical properties were evaluated in each of the conditions mentioned and a correlation with the microstructure was made. The magnetic properties of the specimens were obtained in a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), where the material hysteresis curves were obtained. The mechanical properties of the samples were characterized by Vickers micro-hardness measurements performed with a load of 0.2 kgf. Microstructural characterization was carried out by using an optical microscope. VSM tests results showed that as the aging time increased, the volume fraction of sigma phase also increased, causing a diminution of the steel duplex magnetic properties. The diminution of the magnetic properties of the duplex steel with the aging time is attributed to the lower fraction of ferrite as more sigma phase is formed by the decomposition of ferrite. The hardness results showed an increasing of the hardness of the material as the aging temperature increased, which confirms the higher brittleness of the steel due to the higher amount of sigma phase.