Avoiding or Promoting Graphite in Carbon-Rich Chromium-Containing CoNiFer Cast Alloys—Part 2: Microstructures of the Elaborated Alloys

Table 5

Average and standard deviation values of the hardness of the as-cast studied alloys, with comparison to the initial 30 wt.% Cr-containing alloys.

Co alloys	Co30	Co30/12Cr	Co40	Co40/16Cr	Co50	Co50/23Cr
Average	619	308	633	340	642	496
Std Dev.	±16	±8	±9	±17	±11	±10
Ni alloys	Ni30	Ni30/26Cr	Ni45	Ni45/35Cr	Ni50	Ni50/37Cr
Average	336	364	322	379	328	372
Std Dev.	±21	±28	±5	±15	±9	±11
Fe alloys	Fe30	Fe30/20Cr	Fe40	Fe40/26Cr	Fe50	Fe50/33Cr
Average	605	535	629	674	753	741
Std Dev.	±58	±14	±39	±31	±29	±34