Potential of Date-Seed/Snail Shells as a Carburizer for Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Mild-Steel

The suitability of date-seed/snail shells as a carburizer for enhanced mechanical properties mild-steel using the packed carburization technique was investigated in this work. Standard tensile, impact and hardness test samples prepared from were subjected to pack-carburization process mixtures date-seed snail shell ratio 60:40 respectively at 800, 900, 1 000 °C 3 hours. carburized quenched water room temperature further tempered 300 30 minutes residual stress relief quenching effect. optical microstructure specimen performed. Results indicated an property date-steel/snail compared un-carburized same steel material. tensile strength increased with increasing carburizing temperature, though associated decrease ductility. peak (32.82 HRB) (521 MPa) equivalent 31.28 51.45 percentage increments obtained °C. Hence, powder can enhance mild-steel.