Effect of Sintering Temperature and Zinc Content on Some Properties of Li-Zn Ferrites

Li-Zn mixed ferrites with composition formula ZnxLi0.5-x/2Fe2.5-x/2O4 (0.2≤x≤0.8) were prepared by the usual ceramic method in 1000~1150℃. The effects of Zn substitution and sintering temperature on the formation, densification, microstructure and a.c. electrical conductivity have been studied. Under the effect of changing the firing temperature and Zn content, high sintered Li-Zn ferrite bodies are achieved. More fine structure bodies having high electrical resistance are obtained at high Zn content

Effect of cooling rate and forced convection on as-cast structure of 2205 duplex stainless steel

To forecast the as-cast structure and ferrite-austenite phase ratio of 2205 duplex stainless steel(DSS), the effects of cooling rate and forced convection were observed in a high-vacuum resistance furnace in which the forced convection was created by the rotation of the crucible. The as-cast structure of all 2205 DSS samples is full equiaxed grains, and the microstructure consists of a great amount of desirable intra-granular austenite inside the continuous ferrite grain matrix, besides Widmanstatten austenite and grain boundary austenite. The ferrite grain size decreases gradually with the increase in the cooling rates(20 to 60 oC·min-1) or the forced convection, while the ferrite grains of the samples solidified with a strong convection are barely changed when the cooling rate is below 50 oC·min-1. Moreover, a small grain size is beneficial for the austenite formation but the influence is not very obvious under the cooling rates in the range of 5 to 50 oC·min-1. Compared with grain size, the cooling rate has a greater influence on the final ferrite content. A model based on the experimental results is established to predict the ferrite content, which could be approximated by δ(%) = 20.5·exp(c/80.0) + 0.34 d +34.1, where cis the cooling rate in oC·min-1 and d is the grain size in mm. By using this model, the dependence of the final ferrite content on cooling rate and grain size is well described.

Cracking Phenomenon in Spot Welded Joints of Austenitic Stainless Steel

The spot welds nugget cracking of austenitic stainless steel at temperatures between 700°C - 1010°C was investigated. Traditionally, the cracks have been observed around the spot nugget in welded temperature. Actually, these cracks are developed due to incomplete melting and inappropriate electrode pressure, which causes an expulsion of molten metal. These cracks start to grow and cause either the interface or plug fracture according to the loading type. In this work, the micro-cracks in the weld nugget were indicated for this type of steel at elevated temperature. Cracks appear in a certain range of temperature;about 700°C - 750°C. The cracks like defect and cavitations were presented. According to the fracture mechanics point of view, these cracks reduce the mechanical strength. Therefore, these cracks have to be taken into account with a certain precaution. Moreover, considering the working temperature and reducing the element may develop ferrite particles.

High cycle rotating bending fatigue performance and fracture behavior in a pearlite-ferrite dual-phase steel

To clarify the effects of ferrite morphologies and contents on high-cycle fatigue property of pearlite-ferrite dual-phase(DP)steel used for fabrication of commercial vehicle crankshafts,two types of DP steels with different ferrite grain sizes(S10:13.1μm and S30:21.4μm)and ferrite contents(S10:~9.5 vol.%and S30:~30.4 vol.%)were prepared.Stress amplitude-logarithm of number of high cycles to failure fatigue of the two DP steels was evaluated.Experimental results showed a fatigue strength of 510 and 400 MPa for S10 and S30 steels,respectively,at 10^(7) cycles.Fatigue cracks in S10 steel extended preferentially along the grain boundary,but it was easy for crack propagation to extend within a pearlite colony to form a zigzag crack morphology.Crack roughness was enhanced and high stress was introduced to the crack surface due to this kind of crack propagation behavior,which has positive effects on slowing down crack propagation.However,the crack propagation in S30 steel mainly occurred inside the soft equiaxed coarse ferrite grain.Analysis revealed that little stress was introduced to the crack surface.These results show that it is possible to improve high cycle fatigue strength of pearlite-ferrite DP steel by appropriately manipulating the volume fraction and microstructure morphology of ferrite phase.