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In this paper, the effects of the microstructure of two ductile steels on their behavior under solid particle erosion were determined. The steels chosen allowed microstructural changes to be made without drastically changing their hardness, which is reported to be a direct function of erosion resistance. The steels used were plain carbon 1075 steel in coarse pearlite, fine pearlite and spheroidized forms and plain carbon 1020 steel in three spheroidized conditions. Single-particle and multiple-particle erosion tests were conducted using SiC particles 240?m in diameter, angles of impingement of 15°, 30° and 90° and velocities of 30.5 m s-1 (100 ft s-1) and 61 m s-1 (200 ft s-1). Both surface and subsurface analyses were conducted using scanning electron microscopy. In the room temperature erosion tests the spheroidized microstructure of the 1075 steel eroded less than did either of the two pearlitic microstructures. It was found that the pearlitic steels exhibited cracking at the eroded surface as well as beneath it and that this caused greater material removal. The spheroidized structure showed no surface cracking; however, cracking did occur at a depth of approximately 20?m below the surface. The carbide particle spacing in the 1020 spheroidized steel also had a measurable effect on the erosion rate. Finally, the hardness of the various microstructures had an inverse relation to the erosion rate.