A comprehensive mathematical model of the solidification structure during the process of electroslag remelting casting (ESRC) of low carbon martensite stainless steel ZG06Cr13Ni4Mo has been established. The change of metal pool profile and grain growth and the microstructure evolution process from the beginning to the steady stage of the ESRC process were investigated by using the moving boundary method and the coupled technology CAFE method (cellular automaton -finite element method). The transition from equiaxed grains at the lateral wall of the mould to columnar grains has been revealed. In addition, casting of this steel has been carried out and the microstructure of the ingot obtained after grinding and acid leaching. According to the comparison of the metal pool profile, morphology and growth direction of the dendrite and the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) between the experimental results and the simulation results, the validity of the model has been demonstrated, which can provide a favourable theoretical foundation to optimise the process parameters for the control of solidification structure of ESRC of low carbon martensite stainless steel ZG06Cr13Ni4Mo.
This study aims to investigate the primary carbides precipitation in H13 steel solidified at relatively high cooling rates, ranging from 300 to 6,000 °C•min -1 , based on in situ observations with a high temperature confocal laser scanning microscope. In the cooling rate range investigated, the solidification microstructure becomes more refined as cooling rate increases and the relationship between the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS), λ 2 , and cooling rate, .T, can be expressed as λ 2 =128.45.. Regardless of cooling rates, two kinds of primary carbides, i.e., the Mo-Cr-rich and V-rich carbides, are precipitated along the interdendritic region and most of them are the Mo-Cr-rich carbides. The morphology of Mo-Cr-rich carbide is not obviously influenced by the cooling rate, but that of V-rich carbide is obviously affected. The increasing cooling rate markedly refines the primary carbides and reduces their volume fractions, but their precipitations cannot be inhibited even when the cooling rate is increased to 6,000 °C•min -1 . Besides, the segregation ratios (SRs) of the carbides forming elements are not obviously affected by the cooling rate. However, compared with the conventionally cast ingot, the SDAS and primary carbides in the steel solidified at the investigated cooling rates are much finer, morphologies of the carbides have changed significantly, and SRs of the carbides forming elements are markedly greater. The variation of primary carbide characteristics with cooling rate is mainly due to the change in SDAS.
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