Abstract
The stability of the characteristics of the contact and low-cycle fatigue life of steels obtained from iron powders with different contents of alloying and microalloying elements, as well as impurities, has been studied. The carbon content in powder steels was varied. It has been established that doping Na or Ca microadditives contributes to an increase in the stability and absolute value of the parameters of the contact and low-cycle fatigue life of hot-deformed powder steels due to the activation of cohesive interaction on interparticle surfaces and carbon diffusion, which contributes to the formation of a homogeneous structure. Doping microadditives of Al contributes to an increase in the contact and low-cycle fatigue life of the powder steels in comparison with the samples-witnesses. However, the formation of zones of structural heterogeneity in steels containing more than 0.4 wt. % C, causes a decrease in the stability of these characteristics.
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