Journal of Physical Studies 11(3), 316–321 (2007)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.11.316

KINETIC CHARACTERISTICS AND FEATURES OF PRINCIPLE OF WIEDEMANN–FRANZ MARAGING STEEL Fe–Ni–Al–Ti IN VARIOUS PHASE-STRUCTURE STATES

A. G. Medvid', V. U. Ostaf, I. U. Ostaf

V. Gnatyuk Ternopil State Pedagogical University,
12 M. Kryvonosa St., Ternopil, 46009, Ukraine

The temperature dependence of kinetic characteristics (such as electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and coefficient of thermoelectromotive force) of maraging steel on the iron-nickel base of the Fe-Ni-Al-Ti system (N26YT2B) in martensite-austenite states in the temperature range of 4.2-1173 K is investigated. The Lorentz factor is calculated on the basis of the experimental data and its sensitivity to phase-structure transformations was analysed in such a class of alloys. It was found out that titanium in comparison whith aluminium exerts a predominant influence on such alloys as regards their electronic structure, crystal-structural states at various temperatures and the corresponding values of electrophysical and thermal characteristics. It appears that low-temperature dependences of Lorentz factor from the phase-structure state of the maraging steel shows of the temperature of 4.2-200 K not only the maximum but also the minimum. The data about a set of 16 physical and mechanical properties of the alloy in two most typical phase-structure states formed by thermal treatments is given. The tested alloy with its thermo-physical properties can successfully compete with classic cryogenic materials for all that with its unique adaptability to manufacture.

PACS number(s): 81.40.Rs, 72.15.E, 72.15.Jf

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