Formation Mechanisms and Three-dimensional Characterization of Composite Inclusions in Low Aluminum Steel Deoxidized by Silicon

Guo, Xiaopei; Tan, Min; Li, Tao; Ju, Liying; Dang, Jie; Guo, Han

doi:10.2355/isijinternational.isijint-2022-366

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“…Because the Al 2 O 3 inclusions produced by Al deoxidization cause great harm to the mechanical properties of bearing steel, especially its fatigue properties [16,17], some scholars have studied bearing steel with weak Si-Mn deoxidization [18,19]. Figure 6 shows the Si-Mn-O equilibrium curve of GCr15 bearing steel.…”

Section: Si-mn Deoxidation Equilibriummentioning

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Thermodynamics of the Formation of Non-Metallic Inclusions during the Deoxidation of GCr15 Bearing Steel

Cao,

Zhu,

Zhao

et al. 2023

Metals

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The non-metallic inclusions in steel mainly come from the deoxidization process of molten steel. Based on the different deoxidization processes of GCr15 bearing steel produced by a domestic steel plant, the single deoxidization curves of Al, Si, and Mn and the compound deoxidization curves of Al-Si and Si-Mn under pure molten iron and GCr15 bearing steel production conditions were calculated with the FactSage 8.1 thermodynamic software. The results show that the deoxidization curves under the two conditions are quite different. At the same time, the Al-Ti deoxidation equilibrium curve under the condition of GCr15 bearing steel was calculated. It was found that when [Ti] < 0.0015% in the steel, the equilibrium deoxidation product was Al2O3, and no titanium oxide was generated. Finally, a thermodynamic calculation and analysis of the effect of rare-earth Ce content on the modification of inclusions in GCr15 bearing steel were carried out. The results showed that when T = 1873 K, the rare-earth Ce treatment of aluminum deoxidized the GCr15 bearing steel; when [Al] = 0.015%, Al2O3 inclusions increased with the increase in [Ce] content, and the evolution path was Al11O18Ce→CeAlO3→Ce2O3. When [Si] = 0.28%, [O] > 50 ppm, and CeCrO3 and [O] 0.012% appeared. CeS inclusions appeared in the steel, and the final equilibrium product was CeS + Ce2O3. When [Ce] < 0.012%, CeS was not produced in the steel, and only Ce2O3 existed.

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