What is the use of Vanadium in High Speed Steels?

mailmisterk

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• Dec 26th, 2009

Vanadium in hss forms very hard carbides and thus increases the hardness and increases the wear resistance

Manjiri ayade

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• Oct 13th, 2009

Vanadium is corrosion resistant. HSS is basically used to manufacture cutting tool or machining tool which operate at faster rate. So this property of Vanadium is essential here.

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