process of increasing the hardness of steel?". To
explain it, let's look at the results of the following
chemical composition test: formed not only with the
elements but also with manganese rock powder in
hardening and pyrometallurgical processes.
3.5 Chemical Composition Test
Chemical Test is useful to support hardness test
results. The chemical composition will provide
information about: "How Manganese can diffuse into
the steel cleavage. It this in line with the expectations
of the research design. Besides Manganese, another b
important element is Carbon (C) for steel hardening.
Table 5 shows the hardness of the Mn diffusion
process. which occurs on a small scale of about 1%
around the point of intersection of carbon steel. In
addition to the elements Mn, there are also elements
of Carbon (C), Silicon (Si), and Aluminum (Al).
Table 4 is the chemical composition of the original
sample of carbon steel shows that no there is an
element of Mn and other additives.
Table 4: Low Carbon Steel Chemical Composition.
El
AN
Series
unn.C norm. C CAtom CError
(wt.%) (wt.%) (at.%) (%)
Fe 26 K-Series 87,36 98,47 93,27 4,1
C 6 K-Series 1,36 1,53 6,73 0,1
Total: 88,72 100,00 100,00
Table 5: Chemical composition of treated carbon steel cut
cleavage.
El
AN
Series
unn.C norm. C CAtom CError
(wt.%) (wt.%) (at.%) (%)
Mn 25 K-Series 24,19 25,30 14,25 1,04
Fe 26 K-Series 55,50 60,79 44,14 2,13
O 8 K-Series 8,30 8,55 28,80 2,88
C 6 K-Series 4,06 4,19 12,60 0,54
Si 14 K-Series 0,15 1,16 0,20 0,00
Al 13 K-Series 0,01 0,01 0,01 0,00
Total: 92,21 100,00 100,00
Observing the treatment gives a strong impression
that the hardening process is going well. The
diffusion process into the steel cleavage is not only
the C element but the Mn element. The Mn element
was importanted in the engineering of specialed steel
materials with the ability to withstand friction and
withstand impact.
Supporting data from the carbon composition test
results found that pursuing steel surfaces can be
formed not only with the elements but also with
manganese rock powder in hardening and
pyrometallurgical processes.
4 CONCLUSIONS
After conducting research and discussion resulted in
several important things as conclusions, namely:
- Hardening factorial design in hardening and
pyrometallurgical processes shows that coal
composition, temperature, and holding time
factors increase the hardness of the carbon steel
cleavage sheath.
- The most dominant factor in increasing the
hardness of steel is the percentage of coal
composition. Coal is a solid mineral that is rich in
carbon.
- Chemical composition test results show the
formation of Manganese (Mn), Carbon (C), in
small amounts of silicon (Si), and Aluminum (Al)
in the steel cleavage sheath.
- The general explanation of this research is that the
steel hardening process by pyrometallurgy shows
an increase in the hardness of carbon steel not
only because of the content ofCarbon (C) but also
the element Manganese (C) as one of the
constituents of alloy steel strength. Manganese
alloy steel is useful for spare parts for heavy work
industrial equipment such as crushers, excavator
buckets, wheel loaders, marine ship plates,
sprockets and so on.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank my fellow research members,
including Mr. Fransiskus Sapar, Mr. Roymonds DJ
Dimu, and two students who have faithfully assisted
in the research phase. We would also like to thank the
head of the materials testing laboratory - Kupang
State Polytechnic (PNK) who helped with several
laboratory tests. Finally, thanks to ICAST and P3M
PNK who helped in the publication.
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