Effect of Rare Earth Composite Modification on Microstructure and Properties of a New Cast Hot-Work Die Steel

The effects of RE modification on structure and the properties of a new cast hot-work die (CHD) steel were investigated. The grains of the CHD steel are refined by RE modification. With the increase of RE addition, both grain size and inclusion amount are reduced. Appropriate amount of RE results in decrease in inclusion amount and formation of spheroidal inclusions uniformly - distributed in steel, so that the morphology and distribution of inclusions are improved. RE composite modification favors the formation of bainite, austenite and fine lath martensite with dense dislocation. When the residual RE content reaches 0.02 %, no obvious changes in strength and hardness are found, while fracture toughness and threshold of fatigue crack growth are increased. The impact toughness, elongation and reduction of cross sectional area are increased by a factor of two, and thermal fatigue resistance is also improved.     

变质处理对耐磨耐蚀铸铁组织及性能的影响

 为了提高材料在水泥混凝土搅拌和输送工况下的使用性能,以新研制的耐磨耐蚀铸铁为对象,采用复合变质处理的方法研究了变质剂加入量对该试验合金铸铁组织、力学性能和耐腐蚀磨损性能的影响。研究结果表明,复合变质处理可以细化耐磨耐蚀铸铁基体组织、消除柱状枝晶,改善碳化物形态、尺寸及分布,使碳化物由变质前的粗大棒条状变为均匀分布的短棒状和颗粒状,消除了粗大片状碳化物对材料基体的危害,使耐磨耐蚀铸铁的性能得到改善。变质剂加入量增加,耐磨耐蚀铸铁的冲击韧度和耐磨耐蚀性能均有较大提高。与变质前相比,加入0.25%和0.50%复合变质剂处理的试验合金铸铁,其冲击韧度和相对耐腐蚀磨损性能分别提高了22.9%、58.3%和16%、23%,基体硬度略有降低,达到了预期效果。     

无碳化物贝氏体耐磨钢板组织与性能的研究

研究了无碳化物贝氏体耐磨钢板组织、力学性能及焊接性能。结果表明,在低碳贝氏体钢基础上,通过加入一定量的硅元素,利用其在贝氏体组织转变过程中抑制碳化物析出作用,得到由非等轴铁素体加马氏体和残余奥氏体(M-A)岛或由板条状铁素体及其板条间残余奥氏体(Ar)膜组成的无碳化物贝氏体组织,以此得到既具有高强度、高硬度,又具有较高的低温冲击韧性,同时具有较好的焊接性能。     

Effect of Microstructure on Impact Fatigue Resistance and Impact Wear Resistance of Medium Cr-Si Cast Iron

 A great amount of iron grinding balls in tube mills have been consumed. Under this impact abrasive wear working condition, the failure of wear resistant alloying white irons grinding balls is mainly caused by fatigue spalling. The impact wear resistance of martensitic high chromium cast iron (Cr of 15%) is not high sometimes, but its cost is not low. Thus, medium Cr Si wear resistant cast iron is recommended. The influence of the iron on impact fatigue resistance and impact wear resistance is pronounced. Ball on ball impact fatigue test and high stress impact wear test of the grinding balls have been carried out. The results show that the impact fatigue resistance (IFR) and impact wear resistance (IWR) of medium Cr Si cast iron are superior to those of martensitic high chromium cast iron (Cr of 15%). The main reasons are that (1) the stress in medium Cr Si cast iron is released in the as cast state; (2) the matrix is fine pearlite with better toughness and plasticity; (3) the pearlite is more stable compared with a retained austenite under repeated impact load and less phase transformation can take place; (4) high silicon content improves the morphology of eutectic carbide; (5) there is no secondary carbide which results in less crack sources. All these factors are beneficial to improvement of impact fatigue spalling resistance. The eutectic carbide M7C3 is the main constituent to resist wear.     

无碳化物贝氏体组织与性能的研究

研究了无碳化物贝氏体的组织与机械性能。结果表明，在低碳贝氏体钢基础上，通过加入一定量的硅元素，利用其在贝氏体组织转变过程中抑制碳化物析出作用，得到由非等轴铁素体加马氏体和残余奥氏体(M—A)岛或由板条状铁素体及其板条间残余奥氏体(Ar)膜组成的无碳化物贝氏体组织，既具有高强度、高硬度，又具有较高的低温冲击韧性。     

Effect of RE Modification and Heat Treatment on Impact Fatigue Property of a Wear Resistant White Cast Iron

Withhigherhardnessandbetterwearresistance ,whitecastironscanbeusedaswearresistantpartsinmanyfields .Inpractice ,thewearresistantpartsareoftenrequiredtobesubjectedtogrindingofabrasivesandrepeatedimpactaction .Therefore ,fatiguecracksareliabletobegeneratedo…     

Microstructure, Impact Fatigue Resistance and Impact Wear Resistance of Wear Resistant Low Cr-Si Cast Iron

Wear parts are greatly consumed in metallurgi-cal industry,fire power stations and cement works.The consumption of grinding balls and lining platesmay be the greatestunder such impactabrasive wearconditions.In China,annual consumption of ballsand plates is close to 1× 10 6 t.Therefore,develop-ing a new material for impact wear conditions is veryimportant.　　 The martensitic high chromium cast iron(WCr= 15 % ) is widely studied and used as wear resis-tance material[1— 8] ,especially for ma…     

稀土复合变质剂对中碳贝氏体钢组织与性能的影响

本文研究了稀土复合变质剂对Si—Mn系中碳贝氏体钢组织、冲击韧性和硬度的影响。试验结果表明，稀土复合变质对Si—Mn系贝氏体钢组织、冲击韧性和硬度影响较大，且存在一个稀土复合变质剂最佳加入量。     

Influence of rare earth nanoparticles and inoculants on performance and microstructure of high chromium cast iron

The high chromium cast irons (HCCIs) with rare earth (RE) nanoparticles or inoculants were fabricated in the casting process. The phase compositions and microstructure were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and optical microscopy (OM), respectively. The hardness and impact toughness were tested by Rockwel-hardmeter and impacting test enginery. And then, the morphology of fracture was researched by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results demonstrated that the phase compositions of HCCIs with addition of RE nanoparticles or inoculants which were M7C3 carbides + α-Fe did not change obviously. However, the prime M7C3 carbides morphology had great changes with the increase of RE nanoparticles, which changed from long lath to granular or island shape. When the content of RE nanoparticles was 0.4 wt.%, the microstructure of high chromium cast iron was refined greatly. The microstructure of carbides was coarser when the addition of RE nanoparticles was higher than 0.4 wt.%. The hardness and impact toughness of HCCIs were improved by addition of RE nanoparticles or inoculants. The impact toughness of HCCIs was increased 36.4% with RE nanoparticles of 0.4 wt.%, but the hardness changed slightly. In addition, the adding of RE nanoparticles or inoculants could reduce the degree of the brittle fracture. Fracture never seemed regular, instead, containing lots of laminates and dimples with the increase of the RE nanoparticles. The results also indicated that the optimal addition amount of the RE nanoparticles was 0.4%, under this composition, the microstructure and mechanical property achieved the best cooperation. In addition, through the study of erosion wear rate, when adding 0.4% RE nanoparticles into the HCCIs, the erosion wear rate got the minimum 0.32×10-3 g/mm2, which could increase 51.5% compared with that without any RE nanoparticles.     

Effects of heat treatment on wear resistance and fracture toughness of duo-cast materials composed of high-chromium white cast iron and low-chromium steel

The objective of this study is to investigate effects of heat treatment on wear resistance and fracture toughness in duo-cast materials composed of a high-chromium white cast iron and a low-chromium steel as a wear-resistant part and a ductile part, respectively. Different size, volume fraction, and distribution of M₇C₃ carbides were employed in the wear-resistant part by changing the amount of chromium, and the volume fraction of martensite in the austenitic matrix was varied by the heat treatment. In the alloys containing a small amount of chromium, an interdendritic structure of eutectic M₇C₃ carbides was formed, and led to the improvement of wear resistance and fracture toughness. After the heat treatment, the selective wear of the matrix and the cracking or spalled-off carbides were considerably reduced since the hardness difference between carbides and matrix decreased by the increase in the matrix hardness, thereby leading to the improvement of the wear resistance. However, the fracture toughness of the heat-treated alloys was lower than that of the as-cast alloys because the matrix containing a considerable amount of martensite did not effectively prevent the crack propagation.     

Application of Rietveld Refinement to Investigate the High Chromium White Cast Iron Austempered at Different Temperatures

 The effect of austempering temperature on the microstructure and properties of a high chromium white cast iron was investigated with the Rietveld refinement method. The result shows that the upper bainite exists in the sample austempered at 623 K and the martensite, lower bainite, M7C3, and retained austenite exist in the samples austempered at 563 K and 593 K. The relative content of the retained austenite increases with increasing the austempering temperature from 563 K to 623 K. The higher hardness, impact toughness and impact abrasive wear resistance can be obtained for the specimen austempered at 593 K.     

Powder metallurgy T15 tool steel: Part II. Microstructure and properties after heat treatment

The effect of powder particle size and heat treatment on the micro structure and properties of hot isostatically pressed (“hipped”) T15 tool steel has been evaluated. Gas-atomized powder was screened into size fractions covering the range of ≤44 to 1200 /i-m and hipped at 1130 ‡C or 1195 ‡C. The consolidated powders were austenitized at 1175 ‡C or 1225 ‡C and tempered at 538 ‡C, 552 ‡C, or 565 ‡C to control prior austenite grain size, carbide type, carbide volume fraction, and carbide size distribution. Properties measured were bend strength, C-notch impact toughness, and hot hardness. Prior austenite grain size increases with hot isostatic pressing (“hipping”) temperature and austenitizing temperature but is independent of the particle size; similarly, the influence of austenitizing temperature on dissolution of MC and M₆C is independent of the particle size. In each particle size fraction, the volume fraction and size distribution of MC are independent of the tempering temperature. For M₆C, the volume fraction increases and the size distribution is skewed to coarser sizes with increasing tempering temperature. No significant differences in strength and toughness were detected as a function of particle size. Hot hardness is not affected by the particle size. The hot hardness of a powder blend (≤1200 Μm) hipped at 1130 ‡C was superior to that of commercial powder metallurgy (PM) T15 tool steel hipped at 1195 ‡C; this is attributed to a finer carbide size in the noncommercial material. It is established that the subcommercial hipping temperature (1130 ‡C) results in significant microstructural refinement; there is an associated small amount of residual porosity, and this controls the mechanical properties.     

Effect of RE－Al－N on Structures and Properties of M2 Cast High Speed Steel

M 2highspeedsteel (M 2steel)isamaterialwidelyusedintoolsanddies[1,2 ] .M 2steelischarac terizedbyalongsolidificationrangeandcomplexeu tecticreactions ,whichresultsinsegregationofalloy ingelementsandformationofseveraldifferenttypesofcarbidesduringsolidification[3,4 ] .Forconventionallyprocessedhigh speedsteels ,itisinevitablethatacoarsecarbidenetworkwillbeformedduringsolidifi cation .Coarseprimarycarbidestendtoresultinun evencarbidebandsdistributionafterasubstantialamountofhotprocessing[5] .Ma…     

抗磨锰钛白口铸铁

研究了钛对抗磨锰钛白口铸铁显微组织和力学性能的影响，钛在显微组织中主要以TiC的形式存在，TiC的数量、尺寸和形态随钛含量的增加而改变，钛能细化奥氏体枝晶，促进渗碳体断网，降低材料硬度，提高冲击韧性和抗磨性，钛含量为0.28%的锰钛白口铸铁，能达到力学性能与抗磨性的最佳配合，正火处理可进一步提高材料性能。     

Upgrading the microstructure and the mechanical properties of cast high speed steel

The main problem of near‐net‐shape cast high speed steel toolings is the bad toughness due to the presence of relatively coarse structure and eutectic brittle carbide network. To overcome this problem intensive secondary cooling in oil immediately after casting was achieved, however special standard tool steels with high amount of austenite stabilizing elements were selected to give austenite + carbide in as‐cast condition. This eliminates the risk of martensitic transformation during intensive secondary cooling. Prespherodisation heat treatment at different temperatures was applied to improve the carbide morphology in cast structures of these steels. This is because traditional hardening of high speed (TS‐1 and TS‐2) cast steels showed severe deterioration in carbide morphology and increased noncoherency with the matrix. In this case, skeleton brittle carbide morphologies were detected in such steels. Impact toughness of prespherodised hardened high speed cast steel (TS‐2) was more or less higher than that of the normally heat treated steel, especially at section sizes lower than 20 mm. Meanwhile the prespherodised steel showed lower toughness at section sizes of more than 20 mm. The hot hardness for the same thickness and test temperature of normally hardened high speed steels was higher to some extent than that for prespherodised and hardened ones. However, the hot hardness increases as the size of sample increases, due to the gross of eutectic and secondary carbide.     

Microstructure and properties of semisolid hypereutectic high chromium cast iron prepared by slope cooling body method

Abstract

To improve the toughness of hypereutectic high chromium cast iron, the morphology of the primary carbides were improved by the slope cooling body method, a semisolid forming process. The semisolid specimens were prepared under different forming techniques, and the microstructure, impact toughness and wear resistance were studied. The results indicate that the morphology of primary carbide is improved, impact toughness initially increases then remains constant as the semisolid forming temperature increases, impact toughness was improved, but wear resistance was reduced.     

稀土复合变质剂对高碳高速钢性能及组织的影响

通过扫描电镜,能谱分析仪和电子探针研究了稀土复合变质剂对离心铸造的高碳高速钢轧辊组织和力学性能的影响。研究结果表明：稀土复合变质剂能细化高碳高速钢轧辊组织,改善碳化物和夹杂物的形态和分布,变质后高碳高速钢辊环在硬度不变的情况下,冲击韧性提高了73．6％。     

Mechanical Properties and Corrosion–Abrasion Wear Behavior of Low-Alloy MnSiCrB Cast Steels Containing Cu

Two medium carbon low-alloy MnSiCrB cast steels containing different Cu contents (0.01 wt pct and 0.62 wt pct) were designed, and the effect of Cu on the mechanical properties and corrosion–abrasion wear behavior of the cast steels was studied. The results showed that the low-alloy MnSiCrB cast steels obtained excellent hardenability by a cheap alloying scheme. The microstructure of the MnSiCrB cast steels after water quenching from 1123 K (850 °C) consists of lath martensite and retained austenite. After tempering at 503 K (230 °C), carbides precipitated, and the hardness of the cast steels reached 51 to 52 HRC. The addition of Cu was detrimental to the ductility and impact toughness but was beneficial to the wear resistance in a corrosion–abrasion wear test. The MnSiCrB cast steel with Cu by the simple alloying scheme and heat treatment has the advantages of being high performance, low cost, and environmentally friendly. It is a potential, advanced wear-resistant cast steel for corrosion–abrasion wear conditions.     

Correlation between Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High C‐Cr Cast Steel

The effect of carbide morphology and matrix structure on abrasion resistance of cast alloyed steel with 2.57% C, 16.2% Cr and 0.78% Mo was studied in the as‐cast and heat treated conditions. Samples were austenitized at three different temperatures of 980, 1050 and 1250 °C for 15 minutes and followed by tempering at 540 °C for 3 hours. The austenitizing temperature of 980 °C revealed fully martensitic structure with little amount of retained austenite, while at 1050 °C the matrix was austenitic with massive amount of coarse secondary carbides. The austenitic matrix with very fine secondary carbides was developed at 1250 °C. The maximum abrasion resistance was obtained at 1050 °C due to the highest structure hardness and existence of both eutectic and secondary carbides in larger size than the formed groove by the abrasive particles during the wear test. On the other hand, the as‐cast pearlitic structure showed high wear rate by an applied load of up to 0.2 bar, followed by very rapid increase in wear rate with higher applied loads. It could be considered that the austenitizing temperature of 1050 °C showed better combination of abrasion resistance and toughness in comparison with other heat treatment cycles.     

变温超固相线液相烧结工艺对15Cr系高铬铸铁显微组织及性能的影响

为解决常规定温超固相线液相烧结出现的烧结温度窗口狭窄和产品力学性能对烧结温度波动敏感的问题,采用变温超固相线液相烧结工艺制备了粉末冶金高铬铸铁,研究了变温超固相线液相烧结的高温阶段工艺参数对15Cr系高铬铸铁显微组织和力学性能的影响,并与定温超固相线液相烧结制备的合金进行了对比.研究发现,变温超固相线液相烧结制备的合金...