Inclusions Modification in Die Steel with Magnesium Vapor
GONG Wei, WANG Cheng, WANG Haidong, JIANG Zhouhua
2014, 35 (5):
704-707.
DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2014.05.022
Wear failure is the most common failure mode for D2 cold working die steels. The wear rate of the steel decreases by reducing the number of the inclusions and by improving the morphology and distribution of them. The granular magnesium was used to generate magnesium vapor at high temperatures, and the vapor was carried into the molten steel by high purity argon gas. The effects of magnesium on nonmetallic inclusions modification were discussed. The results showed that the size of nonmetallic inclusions in the steel were obviously finer with the magnesium vapor flowing into molten steel than that without it. The composition of inclusions changed from pure alumina inclusions or compound of Al2O3 and the oxide of element Cr,Mo and V to aluminamagnesia complex inclusions. The observation of ascast microstructure showed that small inclusions remained in the steel were benefit for grain refining in the process of solidification and phase transitions.
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