Mobility
Technical Briefing

Niobium for advanced steel springs

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• Trend towards the use of lower Carbon (to increase corrosion fatigue life) and Niobium
for grain refinement in order to keep the desired strength
• Niobium reduces hydrogen embrittlement tendency found in extra high strength spring
steels

• Vanadium and Niobium microalloying improves performance over traditional spring
steels

• Thermomechanical process in spring manufacturing ensures the optimization of
microalloying strategies

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