Lab - Hardness Testing Lab Report

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Colorado State University, Fort Collins *

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251

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Mechanical Engineering

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Dec 6, 2023

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CON 251 Materials and Processing Laboratory #2 Hardness testing Submitted by: Submitted to: Dr. Fantz Group and Lab Section Group , Thursday 10:00-11:40 PM) Laboratory Performed on (September 7, 2023) Report submitted (September 13, 2023) Introduction:
This section should state the goals of the lab, materials tested, apparatus used, and how the experiment was performed. Data: This section should include your table of hardness test results: R C Reading: Reading 1 Reading 2 Average 5/16” Round O-1 untreated 31 38 35 5/16” Round O-1 hardened 75 95 85 5/16” Round *CRS untreated 29 39 34 5/16” Round *CRS hardened 69 67 68 * Note CRS stands for Cold Rolled Steel Analysis and Discussion: What was the effect of heating the O-1 hardened and CRS samples? They both increased in hardness however both of them also became more brittle in the process allowing us to break it by hitting it with a hammer Did both gain hardness? If so, did one increase its hardness more than the other? Both gained hardness the 0-1 gained more hardness going from an average of 35 to an average od 85 where the crs when from a average of 34 to an average of 68 What was the effect when the sample of O-1 was hardened, held in a vise, then hit with a hammer? What does this indicate about the hardening process? When we hit it with a hammer it snapped it indicates that when you harden it it also becomes more brittle
Conclusions: Are your results what you expected? Do you believe there were errors in the lab that may have affected the results? If you were to perform the lab again, what would you do differently? The results in the lab are what I expected: heat treating the steel would make it tougher but also make it snap easier due to the brittleness of the steel. We had some errors I wasn't very confident with our first measurement before we heat-treated the metal. Our second mistake I believe was when heating it I don't think it got hot enough because we couldn't get the metal to snap, Through hardening is the process of hardening the entire material (what we did in the lab). Case hardening is the process of adding carbon to the exterior of the material, heat treating only the exterior to create a hardened shell. What are some advantages and disadvantages of Case hardening over through hardening? Case hardening could be better than tough hardening because it will make the shell harder and increase the overall hardness of the metal without the negative side effect of the metal being more brittle giving you the best of both worlds
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