University College of Engineering

University College of Engineering

Effect of Phosphorus on properties of Steel

Abstract
in this article, the experiments carried out on making, rolling and measuring the physical and mechanical properties of Iow - carbon ferritic steels of various phosphorus contents ranging from 0.0 11 to 0.085 percent are discussed • The results indicate that possibility of performance of both cold and hot rolling operations up to at least one fourth of the initial thickness exists through a sequential heating technique. The formation of marginal cracks in the specimens with higher phosphorus contents, however , causes wasting of the metal and lessening of the percentage of the thickness - reduction in each stage of the rolling operation • Hot rolling creates less cracks Than cold rolling because of the hiqher formability, the lower yeild stress and the closure of the shrinkage holes at the hot rolling temperatures • An increase in the phosphorus content also causes grain refinement, growth of the yeild stress; enhancement of the ultimate tensile strength, raise of the intergranular and transgranular hardness and a limited change in the elongation of the samples.