Dataset for article " Influence of carbide morphology and matrix hardness on the sliding wear behaviour of tool steels"

The dataset supports the results shown in figures in the article entitled “Influence of carbide morphology and matrix hardness on the sliding wear behaviour of tool steels”. It contains table with chemical composition, images of light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, EDS maps, EBSD, grain size measurements, Vickers hardness measurements, fracture toughness, abrasive wear rate, average coefficient of friction. The dataset file contains: Light microscopy images in tif format: Test rig with nozzle, A-2, B-2, nanoindentation A-2, nanoindentation B-2 Chemical composition in xlsx format: Chemical composition Heat treatment in xlsx format: Heat treatment Fraction of detected Cr- and V- rich carbides in xlsx format: Fraction of Cr and V rich carbides Average carbide diameter of V-rich carbides in tool steel A and B in xlsx format: Average carbide diameter Mean free path of V-rich carbides in tool steel A in xlsx format: Mean free path SEM images in tif format: A-2 BSE, A-2 SEI, B-2 BSE, B-2 SEI, nanoindentation A-2 SEI, nanoindentation B-2 SEI, wear track A-1high load, wear track A-1 low load, wear track B-1high load, wear track B-1 low load, wear track A-3high load, wear track A-3 low load, wear track B-3high load, wear track B-3 low load, cross-section B-3 unworn, cross-section B-3 200m -1 , cross-section B-3 200m -2, cross-section A-3 unworn, cross-section A-3 200m -1, cross-section A-3 200m -2 SEM/EBSD pattern in tif format: SEM-EBSD Cr M7C3, SEM-EBSD Cr M23C6, SEM-EBSD V MC Grain size of as-printed Gauss and Ring and heat treated at 1154 °C in PDF/A format: Grain size Gauss Ring Nanoindentation hardness map in tif format: nano hardness map A-2 Nanoindentaion hardness values for A-2 and B-2 in xlsx format: nano indentation hardness Fracture toughness at different hardness levels in xlsx format: Fracture Toughness Tribological results in xlsx format: Wear rate - low load, Wear rate - high load, COF - low load, COF- high load Hardness measurements in xlsx format: Vickers matrix hardness Legend: A – Mat. No. 1.2367 mod., B- Mat. No. 1.2379, A-1 - Tempering Sequence at 500°C/2h + 510°C/2h, A-2- Tempering Sequence at 500°C/2h + 550°C/2h, A-3- Tempering Sequence at 500°C/2h + 615°C/2h, B-1 - Tempering Sequence at 553°C/2h + 555°C/2h, B-2 -Tempering Sequence at 570°C/2h + 580°C/2h, B-3 - Tempering Sequence at 590°C/2h + 600°C/2h, High load - 102 N; 1.6 GPa, low load – 30N; 1 GPa