Critical Cooling Rate for the Glass Formation of Ferromagnetic Fe_(80)P_(13)C_7 Alloy

In this paper the critical cooling rate, Rc, for the glass formation of Fe80P13C7 alloy has been determined using both Uhlmann＇s and Barandiaran-Colmenero＇s method. In Uhlmann＇s method, all kinds of the expres-sions of △G^l-s （T） and η/（T） determined using the different modes and methods had been investigated. It is indicated that the Rc for the glass formation of FesoP13C7 alloy can be estimated to be 349 K/s by Uhlmann＇s method based on the appropriate expressions of △G^l-s（T） and η/（T）. The calculated result accords with our experimental result. The Rc for the glass formation of Fe80P13C7 alloy has also been determined to be 0.49 K/s using Barandiaran-Colmenero＇s method. This resultant Rc is unreasonable low and it indicates that Barandiaran-Colmenero＇s method does not suit to Fe-based alloy.

Construction and Application of Quenching Critical Cooling Rate Model

Based on exploring quenching mechanism, three types of quenching critical cooling rate models of mediumcarbon steel and low-carbon steel and low-alloy construction steel were established, as modified Maynier model, Eldis model and isothermal curve model, respectively. During construction process, regression analysis and Newton interpolation method were used for higher calculated precision. Through comparing and analyzing, the superior one was selected to evaluate the full hardening thickness after quenching. According to hardness analyzing, the deviation between predicted hardness distribution and the experimental value is within 6%.

Effect of Actual Cooling Rate of Ladle Stream on Persistent Metallurgical Performance of a Given Tundish

To evaluate the effect of actual cooling rate of liquid steel in the ladle on the metallurgical performances of a tundish, a transient and coupled computational model was developed to reveal the flow fields, temperature fields, residence time distribution of the molten steel and the inclusion removal efficiency in a typical single-strand tundish with given geometry and process parameters. The results showed that, with the decrease of the ladle stream cooling rate, the temperature difference of bulk flow at the outlet of tundish over a normal casting period decreased from 11.3 to 2.6 K, and the dead volume fraction of the tundish decreased from 17.58% to 14. 35%, while the inclusion removal efficiency was increased especially for the inclusions with the diameter less than 50 μm, whose removal ratio could be increased by 20.62%. When the cooling rate was less than 0.3 K · min-1 , however, the variation rates of the three evaluation criterions above declined significantly, which suggested that a critical value existed for the effect of the cooling rate of ladle stream on the tundish performances. The establishment of the critical ladle stream cooling rate should be very important to achieve persistent metallurgical properties of tundish over the whole casting stage, together with the reasonable ladle insulation design.

CCT and TTT Diagrams to Characterize Crystallization Behavior of Mold Fluxes

The isothermal and non-isothermal experiments were performed to construct the continuous cooling transformation （CCT） and temperature time transformation （TTT） diagrams of four industrial mold fluxes through visual observations in an experimental apparatus based on the single hot thermocouple technique （SHTT）. The results of the CCT diagrams indicate that ① the crystallization temperature of mold fluxes lowers as the cooling rate increases, ② the mold fluxes have larger critical cooling rate, higher crystallization temperature, and less onset time of crystallization when the basicity increases or the viscosity decreases, ③ the influences of the melting points of the mold fluxes on their crystallization tendency are not significant. Isothermal tests show that the onset time of crystallization decreases at first, and then increases, and finally represents a ＂C＂ shape with increasing isothermal temperature. The TTT diagrams of four industrial mold fluxes were divided into two separate ＂C＂ shape regions. The crystal phase of C20A selected was analyzed by X-ray diffraction, which is cuspidine （Ca4 Si2 O7F2 ） over I 100 ℃ and calcium silicon oxide fluoride （Ca2SiO2F2） below 1 100℃. When compared with the TTT diagram, the CCT diagram can provide a more realistic estimate of the critical cooling rate of the mold fluxes. Thus, both the CCT and TTT diagrams can unambiguously describe the crystallization phenomena of the mold fluxes.