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The toughness of SAE 4340 steel with low (0.003 wt pct) and high (0.03 wt pct) phosphorus has been evaluated by Charpy V notch (CVN) impact and compact tension plane strain fracture toughness (K 1c) tests of specimens quenched and tempered up to 673 K (400°C). Both the high and low P steel showed the characteristic tempered martensite embrittlement (TME) plateau or trough in room temperature CVN impact toughness after tempering at temperatures between 473 K (200°C) and 673 K (400°C). The CVN energy absorbed by low P specimens after tempering at any temperature was always about 10 J higher than that of the high P specimens given the same heat treatment. Interlath carbide initiated cleavage across the martensite laths was identified as the mechanism of TME in the low P 4340 steel, while intergranular fracture, apparently due to a combination of P segregation and carbide formation at prior austenite grain boundaries, was associated with TME in the high P steel.K IC values reflected TME in the high P steels but did not show TME in the low P steel, a result explained by the formation of a narrow zone of ductile fracture adjacent to the fatigue precrack during fracture toughness testing. The ductile fracture zone was attributed to the low rate of work hardening characteristic of martensitic steels tempered above 473 K (200°C).

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Materkowski, J.P., Krauss, G. Tempered martensite embrittlement in SAE 4340 steel. Metall Trans A 10, 1643–1651 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02811697

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