“…Despite the consolidated literature regarding the production (Subramanyam et al, 1990;Kuyucak, 2004;Kuyucak et al, 2004) and studying of the deformation mechanisms (Adler et al, 1986;Canadinc et al, 2008;Chen et al, 2017;Dastur;Leslie, 1981;Sehitoglu, 2010; present in Hadfield steels, the relationship between microstructural aspects, such as grain refinement and precipitates, as well as wear resistance are not yet well established. Some authors suggest that the addition of titanium results in grain refinement for Hadfield steels and the increase of wear resistance as a result of a finer microstructure (Limooei;Hosseini, 2012;Magdaluyo et al, 2016;Najafabadi et al, 2014). The precipitation of Ti(C, N) could contribute to the increase of nucleation sites, and consequently, finer microstructure (Kucharczyk et al, 2003).…”