Effect of Solute Elements on Boron Segregation in Boron-Containing Steels
Effect of Solute Elements on Boron Segregation in Boron-Containing Steels
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溶质元素对含硼钢中硼偏析的影响
作者:
K. Luitjohan;M. Krane;D. Johnson
Small amounts of boron, between 0.002 and 0.005 wt%, can increase the hardenability of steel alloys.1) However, the addition of boron also makes the steel difficult to commercially produce, specifically via continuous casting. The casting defects that develop include surface cracks, internal half-way cracks, and casting breakouts.2) The source of the casting defects are anticipated to stem from a metatectic reaction. In the binary iron-boron system, a metatectic reaction, δ → L + γ , occurs resulting in a solid piece of material locally remelting as it cools.3) Based on previous experimental work, the metatectic reaction occurs in the binary system between 0.0025 and ~0.06 wt% B at ~1 385°C.4) When carbon is added to iron and boron, the metatectic reaction is predicted to occur as δ + γ → L + γ .5,6) With 0.05 wt% C, for example, the TCFE8 thermodynamic database (Thermo-Calc: Steels/Fe alloys database) predicts a metatectic reaction to occur from 0.002 to 0.0055 wt% B at temperatures between 1 420°C and 1 458°C, shown in Fig. 1(a).5,6) As the carbon content increases, the composition range of the predicted metatectic reaction shrinks, eventually disappearing around 0.2 wt% C, Fig. 1(b). Aside from Effect of Solute Elements on Boron Segregation in Boron-Containing Steels