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ML00142 - Aug.2018donated by: ARC SPECIALTIES

Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate

Micrographic detail of the plate section, close to the surface that suffered the impact. After etching the lead alloy film at the surface appears dark gray and the copper alloy film appears clear and orange. No damage in the plate martensitic microstructure at this magnification.

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Micrographic detail of the section, close to the surface that suffered the impact. After etching the alloy film appears dark gray and the film appears clear and orange. No in the martensitic at this magnification.
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Material

Low Alloy Wear Resistant
  • ALLOY AR500
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Description

The AR500 , a resistant , was shot with a .308 Winchester projectile (cooper alloy case filled with -antimony) using a Remington 700 gun, 100 meters far from the target. The bullet speed was 2749 ft/sec measured using a chronograph. The plate material was not macroscopically damaged at the bullet impact position and the did not show any transformation, thermal or mechanical; but there were (Cu) and lead (Pb) alloy films, melted on the surface of impact.

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Chemistry (% in weight)

Plate Analysis

0.21C; 0.26Si; 1.12Mn; 0.011P; 0.004S; 0.34Cr; 0.03Ni; 0.01Mo; 0.01Cu.

Associated Images
Red painted device where the 50 mm x 50 mm high strenght wear resistant steel plate (AR500) was positioned (in the circle). The image presents the target, positioned 100 meters far from the gun, after the shot and the projectile did not penetrate in the plate, and not even affected the material surface, as will be presented in the other figures.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Aspect of a typical .308 Winchester projectile, similar to the one adopted to shot the plate, cut in a longitudinal section. It is a Cu alloy case filled with Pb-Sb.
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Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Longitudinal Section AspectDf - Longitudinal Section
Aspect of the 3/8" thickness plate, 50 mm x 50 mm, of the AR500 wear resistant steel, in the face of impact with the projectile. The plate did not suffer any macroscopic damage. It was only stained at the impact surface.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Micrography of the plate in a section, showing a martensitic structure in the middle of the thickness.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic detail of the plate in a section, showing a martensitic structure in the middle of the thickness.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic detail of the high hardness martensitic structure. Uniform structure.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrographic detail of the high hardness martensitic structure. Exactly in the middle of the plate it is possible to see some aligned inclusions.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrography of the plate section, in the middle of the plate. Martensitic structure.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by SEMDf - Martensite
Micrographic detail of the plate section presenting the martensitic microstructure.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by SEMDf - Martensite
Other view of the 3/8" thick plate, 50 mm x 50 mm, of the AR500 wear resistant steel, in the face of impact with the projectile. The plate did not suffer any macroscopic damage. It was only stained at the impact surface.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Aspect of the 3/8" thick plate, 50 mm x 50 mm, of the AR500 wear resistant steel, in the opposite face of impact with the projectile. The plate did not suffer any macroscopic damage.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Detail of the position in the plate of impact with the projectile. No damage, only particles adhered at the surface.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Surface AspectDf - Low Mag
Detail of the opposite side of the plate. No evidence of damage, only small adhesion of the red painting (bottom right part of the figure).
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - At the Surface
Macroscopically detail of the position in the plate where the projectile strike the plate. No damage of the plate but foreign material (from the bullet) adhered at the surface.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Low Mag
Microscopically aspect of the plate surface at the bullet impact, by scanning electron microscopy, presenting the foreign material from the bullet adhered at the surface.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Low Mag
Microscopically aspect of the plate surface in the center of the bullet impact. The light and smooth surface is the melted bullet on the plate and the dark surface is the steel plate with oxides and very small surface cracks (10 microns length).
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - At the Surface
Detailed aspect of the plate surface where there was the bullet impact, by scanning electron microscopy, showing that the bullet has melted and solidified on the surface. The EDS analysis showed Pb-Sb peaks.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - At the Surface
Aspect of the plate surface a little far from the region of bullet impact, by scanning electron microscopy, showing bullet melted islands on the surface. The EDS analysis showed Pb-Sb peaks.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - At the Surface
Detailed aspect of the plate surface a little far from the region of bullet impact, by scanning electron microscopy, showing bullet melted islands on the surface. The EDS analysis showed Pb-Sb peaks.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - At the Surface
Aspect of the 3/8" thickness plate, 50 mm x 50 mm, of the AR500 wear resistant steel, in a section transverse to the impact position evidencing lack of plastic deformation, or any other damage. The impact surface is to the top of the figure.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Transverse Section AspectDf - Transverse Section
Micrography of the plate section, as polished, close to the surface that suffered the impact. No evidences of damage.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - At the Surface
Micrography of the plate section, as polished, close to the surface that suffered the impact. At this magnification it is possible to see a deposit over the plate surface, but no evidences of damage in the plate.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - At the Surface
Micrographic detail of the plate section, as polished, close to the surface that suffered the impact. The deposits at the surface are the melted bullet films.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - At the Surface
Micrographic detail of the plate section, as polished, close to the surface that suffered the impact. The orange is the copper alloy melted film.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - At the Surface
Micrographic detail of the plate section, as polished, close to the surface that suffered the impact. The lead alloy melted and formed this gray deposit.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - As polished micrographyDf - At the Surface
Macrography of the plate section, presenting the impact surface in the top of the figure. It is possible to see the lines with a gradient in the etch that characterizes the segregations (light) in the center of the plate.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Low Mag
Micrography of the plate section, close to the surface that suffered the impact. Smooth waves but no evidences of damage.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - At the Surface
Micrography of the plate section, close to the surface that suffered the impact. After etching the film at the surface does not appear very well. Again it is possible to see the smooth waves but no evidences of damage in the plate microstructure.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - At the Surface
Micrographic detail of the plate section, close to the surface that suffered the impact. After etching the lead alloy film at the surface appears dark gray and the copper alloy film appears clear and orange. There are small oxides at the film to plate interface (probably entrapped) but no damage in the plate microstructure.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - At the Surface
Micrographic detail of the plate section, close to the surface that suffered the impact. After etching the lead alloy film at the surface appears dark gray and the copper alloy film appears clear and orange. No damage in the plate martensitic microstructure at this magnification.
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ML00142 / Aug.2018
Impact of a .308 Winchester on AR500 Plate
M - Low Alloy Wear ResistantP - Rolled PlateAp - StructureCd - Non-Pierced
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - At the Surface