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Effect of Mo Content on the Thermal Conductivity and Corrosion Resistance of Die Steel

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In this work, effect of Mo content on the microstructure, thermal conductivity, and corrosion resistance of the die steels was investigated by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, laser thermal conductivity meter, electrochemical experiments, and pitting tests. The microstructure of the die steels is mainly composed of lath-shaped tempered martensite. At all the tested temperatures, the thermal conductivity of the die steels is decreased with the increase in Mo content from 1.2 to 5.0 wt.%. However, electrochemical experiments indicate that increase in Mo content in the die steels can reduce the corrosion current density and increase the charge transfer resistance in 0.5 mol·L−1 HCl solution. Furthermore, it was found that Mo in the die steels is beneficial to decrease weight loss and pitting corrosion rate, which improves the pitting corrosion resistance of the die steels.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51571081).

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  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China

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Fu, J., Wang, J. Effect of Mo Content on the Thermal Conductivity and Corrosion Resistance of Die Steel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 30, 8438–8446 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-06043-1

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