The effect of electroslag remelting（ESR） on carbides in 8Cr13MoV martensitic stainless steel was experimentally studied. Phases precipitated from liquid steel during solidification were calculated using the Thermo-C...The effect of electroslag remelting（ESR） on carbides in 8Cr13MoV martensitic stainless steel was experimentally studied. Phases precipitated from liquid steel during solidification were calculated using the Thermo-Calc software. The carbon segregation was analyzed by original position analysis（OPA）, and the carbides were analyzed by optical microscopy（OM）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy（EDS） and X-ray diffraction（XRD）. The results indicated that more uniform carbon distribution and less segregation were obtained in the case of samples subjected to the ESR process. After ESR, the amount of netty carbides decreased significantly, and the chromium and vanadium contents in the grain-boundary carbides was reduced. The total area and average size of carbides were obviously smaller after the ESR process. In the sample subjected to ESR, the morphology of carbides changed from lamellar and angular to globular or lump, whereas the types of carbides did not change; both M23C6 and M7C3 were present before and after the ESR process.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51444004)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2014M560047)
文摘The effect of electroslag remelting（ESR） on carbides in 8Cr13MoV martensitic stainless steel was experimentally studied. Phases precipitated from liquid steel during solidification were calculated using the Thermo-Calc software. The carbon segregation was analyzed by original position analysis（OPA）, and the carbides were analyzed by optical microscopy（OM）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy（EDS） and X-ray diffraction（XRD）. The results indicated that more uniform carbon distribution and less segregation were obtained in the case of samples subjected to the ESR process. After ESR, the amount of netty carbides decreased significantly, and the chromium and vanadium contents in the grain-boundary carbides was reduced. The total area and average size of carbides were obviously smaller after the ESR process. In the sample subjected to ESR, the morphology of carbides changed from lamellar and angular to globular or lump, whereas the types of carbides did not change; both M23C6 and M7C3 were present before and after the ESR process.
