Mechanism of the Fe3(B,C) and Fe23(C,B)6 solid-state transformation in the hypoeutectic region of the Fe-C-B system
Mechanism of the Fe3(B,C) and Fe23(C,B)6 solid-state transformation in the hypoeutectic region of the Fe-C-B system
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DOI:
10.1016/j.actamat.2016.08.009
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发表时间:
2016-10-15
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9.4
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Theisen, Werner
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作者:
Lentz, Jonathan;Roettger, Arne;Theisen, Werner
This study investigates the microstructural mechanisms involved in the solid-state transformation of the Fe-3(B,C) -> Fe-23(C,B)(6) phases in the hypoeutectic region of the iron-carbon-boron (Fe-C-B) system. We analyzed the influence of different initial microstructural characteristics on the Fe-3(B,C) -> Fe-23(C,B)(6) transformation with regards to the matrix phase, matrix C content, B/(C + B) ratio, and agglomeration of the parental Fe-3(B,C) phase. We performed thermodynamic calculations using the CALPHAD method, validated by laboratory melts with varying B/(B + C) ratios. These laboratory melts were then micro structurally characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDS). We particularly focused on solid-state transformation of borides and carboborides of type M-3(C,B) and M-23(C,B)(6) in the hypoeutectic region of the ternary system Fe-C-B, investigated via both in situ and ex situ XRD measurements. It was found that the solid-state transformations are influenced by enriched B inside the eutectic structure, a result of solidification. This increased B content is not reduced in solid state due to the kinetic limitations of B and C inside the hard-phase structure. Thus phase stability is subject to local equilibria depending on the local C and B concentration of the hard-phase structure. In this process the Fe-23(C,B)(6) phase also forms a shell-like structure surrounding the Fe-3(B,C) and Fe2B phases. (C) 2016 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.