Carbon Segregation of Bearing Steel Concasting Billet

The formation mechanism of 'white band' and central carbon segregation of high-carbon Cr bearing steel concasting billets are discussed in this paper. The maximum oxygen content in the steel produced by concasting process was 13xl0^-6 with an average oxygen content of 9.3xl0^-6. Comparison of metallurgical quality and fatigue property between the concasting steel (CC) and ingot casting steel (IC) showed that the carbon segregation (C/C0) in former steel was 0.92～1.10 and its fatigue life was equal to that of the latter steel.

Control of Macrosegregation Behavior by Applying Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuously Cast High Carbon Steel Billet

Solidification behavior of continuously cast high carbon steel billets was investigated with an objective of producing high quality billets by determining the optimum final electromagnetic stirring （F-EMS） parameters. Char- acteristics of centerline segregation were analyzed for lots of billet samples collected from the plant through obtaining the carbon concentrations of drill chips, which were correlated with the operating parameters of the caster and stir- rers, but a problem occurred that segregation control results of trial billets with the same casting and stirring param- eters often have drastic fluctuations. An attempt was made to find out the induced reasons of this problem by meas uring the electromagnetic torque, analyzing the secondary dendrite arm spacing （SDAS） and the corresponding cool- ing rate of the typical specimens, and observing the longitudinal profile of etched billet samples. Then a simple dy- namic secondary cooling model was developed based on the solidified shell thickness control mode, by which the maximum carbon segregation index was reduced effectively, and thus the segregation fluctuation problem was basi- cally solved. Finally, the most favourable stirring parameters were determined as the casting speed of 1.65 m/rain, the liquid core thickness of 40 mm, stirring current of 360 A and frequency of 12 Hz.

Solidification structure simulation and casting process optimization of GCr15 bloom alloy

Based on the solidification heat transfer model and CAFÉmodel,the solidification structure of GCr15 bloom alloy was studied.Using nail shooting and acid etching experiments,the solidification models were verified.The secondary dendrite arm spacing(SDAS)model of GCr15 was obtained by simulation calculation and metallographic observation.With the increase of casting speed,the SDAS,equiaxed crystal ratio(ECR)and average grain size increase.With the rise of superheat,the SDAS increases in the 20-70 mm of thickness and decreases in the 80-160 mm of thickness.The ECR decreases and the average grain size increases with the increase of superheat.With the increase of specific water flow,both the SDAS and ECR decrease.The minimum average grain size is obtained when the specific water flow is 0.20 L·kg^(-1).The central carbon segregation index is reduced from 1.11 to 1.075.

Surface Carbon Chemical States of Ion Implanted AISI 440C Martensitic Stainless Steel

Carbon atoms segregate in the surface region for polished AISI 440C stainless steel After ion implanta tion, the surface carbon atoms exist in different forms. To elucidate their existence, surface structures and carbon chemical states o[ unimplanted, N~ implanted, Ti＋ implanted and N＋/Ti＋ co-implanted samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM） and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. The results indicated that various phases form in the surface or subsurface region after ion implantation, while the surface topography of the samples remains intact. For polished unimplanted sample, besides some Fe3 C phase and C- C phase, Cr, Cs phase dominates its surface region. Little change of carbon chemical states occurs after N＋ ion im- plantation. For Ti＋ implanted sample, besides some metal oxycarbide phases, most carbon amorphous phases form in surface region. Concerning N＋/Ti＋ co-implantation, CrrCs compound as well as Fe^C phase dominates the sur face region while no C-C phase is found. In addition, compared with single ion implantation, N＋/Ti＋ co-implanta tion would increase the ion implantation depth significantly. The formed phases of the carbon atoms play an impor- tant role in affecting the surface properties of AISI 440C stainless steel.