Effect of titanium and rare earth microalloying on microsegregation,eutectic carbides of M2 high speed steel during ESR process

The effects of RE and Ti microalloying during electroslag remelting(ESR)process on the microsegregation and morphology of eutectic M2C carbides in M2 high speed steel were investigated.The results show that the addition of 0.2 wt%RE can alleviate the segregation of C,W,Mo,V and Cr,while the morphology of eutectic M2C carbides hardly changes.The microalloying with the addition of 0.5 wt%Ti has the lowest degree of microsegregation due to the improvement of primary dendrites by the effective heterogeneous nucleating agent of(Ti,V)(C,N)particles.The addition of Ti makes the mo rphology of M2C carbides change from rod-like or maze-like shape into a coarse feathery shape,exhibiting anisotropic facet growth characteristics.For the microalloying of 0.2 wt%RE and 0.5 wt%Ti,the segregation of the main metal alloying elements is slightly more severe than that of the addition of only RE or Ti.Under the combined action of RE and Ti,the feathery eutectic M2C becomes thinner and shorter and tends to be isolated or distributed in a discontinuous network.

Microstructural Evolution of Co_(35)Cr_(25)Fe_(30)Ni_(10) TRIP Complex Concentrated Alloy with the Addition of Minor Cu and Its Effect on Mechanical Properties

The influences of minor Cu addition(2 and 4 at.%)on the microstructural evolution and room-temperature mechanical property of metastable Co_(35)Cr_(25)Fe_(30)Ni_(10)are systemically investigated in the present study.The results indicate that the thermally induced hexagonal close-packed(HCP)phase is absent when Cu was added,due to the increase in stacking fault energy(SFE).The 2%-Cu-added alloys showed the largest total elongation of 69%among the three alloys.With the addition of Cu content reaching 4 at.%,heterogeneous grain structures composed of coarse grains(~9μm)and fine grains(~4μm)and Cu-rich precipitates near the grain boundary are observed,showing the highest yield strength.Additionally,the segregation state of Cu was quantitatively characterized by electron probe microanalysis(EPMA).And effects of Cu addition on microstructures and tensile properties of(Co_(35)Cr_(25)Fe_(30)Ni_(10))_(100-x) Cu _(x) are also discussed.The findings are beneficial to comprehensively understand the Cu-containing complex concentrated alloys.