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TETSU TO HAGANE-JOURNAL OF THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN
Volume 108, Issue 8, Pages 479-490Publisher
IRON STEEL INST JAPAN KEIDANREN KAIKAN
DOI: 10.2355/tetsutohagane.TETSU-2021-120
Keywords
inclusion; slag; MgO inclusion; spinel inclusion; CaO-MgO-Al2O3 inclusion; alumina inclusion; stainless steel; deoxidation
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This study investigates the formation conditions of MgO and MgO · Al2O3 in high chromium steel and explains the variations of inclusions in molten Fe-Cr steel.
Demands for cleanliness of high chromium steel have been increasing. In steel refining process, aluminum is usually added in molten steel as a deoxidizing agent. As a result, such inclusions as alumina (Al2O3) and spinel (MgO center dot Al2O3) are formed, which cause fatigue failures and surface defects. Therefore, it is important to understand the conditions of the inclusions which form in high chromium steel, and to reduce their harmful effects on steel qualities. In this work, to begin with, thermodynamic conditions of MgO and MgO center dot Al2O3 formation in Fe-17 mass%Cr molten steel at 1873 K were investigated. The results showed that MgO is more stable in high chromium steel than in plain steel. The boundary of the stable condition of MgO and MgO center dot Al2O3 shifts toward higher Al and lower Mg contents in high Cr steel. This cause is judged to be the effect of thermodynamic interaction between Cr and Mg. The interaction parameter of Cr on Mg was estimated to be 0.040 so that the boundary of stable condition of MgO and MgO center dot Al2O3 can be explained. Moreover, phase stability diagram of Fe-Cr-Al-Ca-Mg-O system at 1873 K was developed to estimate the effect of chromium on the stable condition of MgO, MgO center dot Al2O3 and CaO-MgO-Al2O3(1). Subsequently, the variations of inclusions which formed in Fe-17 mass%Cr molten steel were also investigated at 1873 K. The variations of inclusions in molten Fe-Cr steel were reasonably explained by considering the stable conditions of MgO and MgO center dot Al2O3 investigated in this work.
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