Study of the high-velocity impact of tungsten particles with a steel target

Abstract

Abstract The high-velocity impact of a tungsten particle flux with the surface layer of steel (U8) samples is studied. High-speed photography which was used to record the motion of tungsten particles and detonation products shows that tungsten particles move with an average velocity of 2.4 km/s. Microstructure studies have revealed that upon the impact of tungsten particles with the surface of the target, the temperature in the active zone exceeds the temperature of the peritectoid reaction in the Fe-W system, and the polymorphic transformation of iron takes place with the formation of austenite and the dissolution of tungsten carbide in austenite under these temperature conditions.