Wear behaciour and microstructure of laser processed low carbon steel surface with chrmium plating
- Received Date: 1993-06-25
- Accepted Date: 1993-11-03
- Available Online: 1994-03-25
Abstract: To improve the surface performance,a 2.5kW CO2 CW laser has been used to modify the surface microstructure of low carbon steel.The surface microstruc-ture depends upon the processing parameters. By using a scanning microscope to observe the surface wear behaviour,it is found that laser radiation and rapid solidification can greatly improve the surface microstructure and increase surface hardness and anti-abrasion.