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Chromium V Chromium-Carbide
First post, so now a quick introduction.
HI, My name is Tim. I'm hopeing to start making knives soon, but still in the proces of creating a space to do so. In the mean time I'm trying to learn all that I can. I've been trying to puzzle this one out on my own for while now, and I've given up (on grounds that I don't know nearly enough). I've seen the distinction made between chromium that is free for stain resistence, and that which is taken up in carbide form; my question is what is the difference. Is the amount of carbon in the steel a factor, i.e., the more carbon, the more of the chromium taken up in carbides; or is there some other factor involved. Now a quick side question. Do all steels transform to a non-magnetic state at the same temp, or dose this trasformation nesasarily coinside with that steels critical temp. I thank you fro your time, and look forward to your replys. T.M.Sanders |
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The Curie temperature[when it becomes nonmagnetic] for steel is 1414F, independent of critical temperature...The original definition for stainless steel was a steel with at least 12% chromium which gave it it's "stainless " properties. However if we add carbon we tie up chromium as chromium carbides. So if we add carbon of about 1% we need extra chromium , ~14-16% to maintain the 'stainless' properties. No exact numbers since other alloying elements [carbide formers] play a part....Welcome to the forum.
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