Microalloyed High Carbon Wire Steels

Increased demands for weight reduction in a variety of structures and applications are stimulating the development of wire products with increased strength. Boron, Vanadium, and Niobium microalloying of high carbon wire steels will be discussed, in particular alloying effects on austenite decomposition and pearlite transformation kinetics. Tensile properties and hardness data are presented and correlations with microstructure and processing are discussed.