Effect of rare earth oxides on the morphology of carbides in hardfacing metal of high chromium cast iron

The flux cored wires with different amounts of rare earth (RE) oxides additions for hardfacing (harden-face-welding) the workpieces of high chromium cast iron were studied in this work.The morphology of carbides in hardfacing metal was observed,and the type of the carbides was determined by optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy (SEM),energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).Based on the data of effect of RE on carbides morphology,the refined reason for carbide by RE oxide was discussed with the misfit theory.The results showed that,the microstructure of hardfacing metal was composed of martensite,residual austenite and M7C3 carbides.With the increasing amount of RE oxide additions,the volume fraction and roundness of the carbides were increased,however,the area and perimeter of carbides were decreased.It indicated that carbides in hardfacing metal could be refined and spheroidized by adding RE oxides in flux cored wires.     

Effect of Rare Earth Elements on Isothermal Transformation and Microstructures in 20Mn Steel

The effect of rare earth elements on the isothermal transformation and microstructures in 20Mn steel is in-vestigated by means of metallography and dilatometry.Rare earth elements decrease both the incubation periodof pro-eutectoid ferrite and the rate of pearlitic transformation.In addition,rare earth elements play a role ofreducing needle-like ferrite and the amount of pearlite,densifing the lamellar space of pearlite and enhcingsegregation of carbide in granular bainite.It is suggested that rare earth elements may decrease the interfacialenergy of grain boundary and interphase,hinder the diffusion of carbon atoms and form rare earth carbides withhigh melting point which reduce the carbon content in austenite.     

Effect of Rare Earth on Microstructures and Properties of High Speed Steel With High Carbon Content

The effects of rare earth （RE） on the microstructures and properties of high carbon high speed steel （HCHSS） were investigated. The results show that when suitable RE is added to the HCHSS, the effect of RE on the austenite and eutectic carbides is obvious. The austenite grain and coarse eutectic structure are refined, and flake carbides in the eutectic structures become short and fine. After heat treatment, most of the eutectic carbides are spheroidized and distributed in a uniform manner. The hardness and red hardness of modified HCHSS are slightly increased; impact toughness is greatly increased by 37.81% and reaches 10.17 J/cm^2. The mechanism by which RE improves the structures and properties of HCHSS is also analyzed.     

添加剂对硬质合金性能的影响

本文综述了向硬质合金中加入稀土元素、金属和金属碳化物对硬质合金性能的影响。指出添加稀土元素的硬质合金由于性能好,使用范围广,有着很好的发展和应用前景。     

Influence of Rare Earth Elements on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cast High-Speed Steel Rolls

The influence of rare earth （RE） elements on the solidification process and eutectic transformation and mechanical properties of the high-V type cast, high-speed steel roll was studied. Test materials with different RE additions were prepared on a horizontal centrifugal casting machine. The solidification process, eutectic structure transformation, carbide morphology, and the elements present, were all investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） and scanning electron microscopy energy dispersive spectrometry （SEM-EDS）. The energy produced by crack initiation and crack extension was analyzed using a digital impact test machine. It was found that rare earth elements increased the tensile strength of the steel by inducing crystallization of earlier eutectic γ-Fe during the solidification process, which in turn increased the solidification temperature and thinned the dendritic grains. Rare earth elements with large atomic radius changed the lattice parameters of the MC carbide by forming rare earth carbides. This had the effect of dispersing longpole M C carbides to provide carbide grains, thereby, reducing the formation of the gross carbide and making more V available, to increase the secondary hardening process and improve the hardness level. The presence of rare earth elements in the steel raised the impact toughness by changing the mechanism of MC carbide formation, thereby increasing the crack initiation energy.     

Influence of rare earths on eutectic carbides in AISI M2 high speed steel

The effect of rare earths on the morphology and microstructure of eutectic carbides in M2 high speed steel was studied. The results showed that rare earths promoted the formation of fishbone-like M6C eutectic carbides, compared to plate-like M2C carbides in ingots without modification. The formation of M6C was expected to be caused by rare earth inclusions which acted effectively as the substrate for nucleation of M6C carbides during solidification. M2C and M6C eutectic carbides exhibited different stability during heating. M2C eutectic carbides were much less stable than M6C carbides, and decomposed at high temperatures, favoring the spheroidization and refinement of carbides in high speed steels.     

稀土对连铸结晶器保护渣使用性能的影响

通过实验室和现场试用两方面对结晶器喂稀土丝后稀土对包钢方坯连铸现用高碳钢、低碳钢保护渣使用性能影响进行了研究。表明稀土对结晶器保护渣使用性能有一定影响,不同保护渣、不同钢种影响规律不尽相同。建议尽快进行稀土处理方坯低碳钢专用保护渣的研究开发工作。     

Recovery of rare earth metals through biosorption： An overview

Rare earth metals (REMs) are a series of 17 elements that have widespread and unique applications in high technology, power generation, communications, and defense industries. These resources are also ...     

Research and Development of Rare Earth Advanced Materials in China

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Mobility activation energy of Nb and C in metallic niobium and its carbides

Conclusions The diffusion processes of niobium and carbon in metallic niobium and its carbides were studied. It is shown that the activation energy of the diffusion process of niobium in carbide is 35% lower than in metal, while the activation energy of the diffusion process of carbon is about the same in metals and in carbides of various composition.     

Synthesis and Thermal Decomposition Mechanism of Rare Earth Benzoates

Rareearthbenzoatesareakind0fstablecompounds.Theco0rdinationcomP0undsf0rmedbyrareearthandcarboxylicacidshaveunusualstructuresandinterestinglundnesceniProperties.Bymeansoff0rmingc0njugaedcomplexes,rareearthmetalsandcarb0xylicacidscanf0rmnetorlayerp0lymerandchangetheirlundnescentprop-erties.S0merareearthcomplexeshavebeenap-Pliedinagricultureaslight-transfeedngmaeri-al8-Althoughthermaldecompositi0nmechanismofrareearthbenz0ateshasbeenreported,itdealswith0nlys0lidphaseproducts["'1,litdeab0utgasPha…     

稀土元素对高速钢组织和性能的影响

概述了稀土元素在高速钢中净化晶界、固溶强化、改善碳化物等作用的研究现状,阐述了其相应的作用机制;着重介绍了稀土元素对高速钢组织和性能的影响,主要包括:稀土元素参与形成氧硫化物的过程,稀土元素与其他元素相互作用实现高速钢微合金化,净化晶界,细化晶粒以及稀土元素改善高速钢中碳化物形貌、尺寸与含量。研究发现,过量添加稀土元素会使钢中夹杂物增多,影响高速钢的性能,针对目前存在的问题,对稀土元素的引入方式以及含量进行了讨论,并对在粉末冶金高速钢中引入稀土元素的方式提出进一步展望。     

Alloying Elements in High Speed Steels

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Effect of rare earth elements on the thermal cracking resistance of high speed steel rolls

The effect of rare earth elements on the thermal cracking resistance of high speed steel (HSS) rolls was investigated. Laser rapid heating was used for thermal fatigue experiments. Thermal cracks and microstructure were observed using metalloscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that thermal cracks initiated from the interface between the matrix and eutectic carbides (including M6C and M7C3 type carbides),and propagated along the interface between the two phases. MC type carbides enriched with vanadium could prevent the propagation of thermal cracks. The presence of rare earth elements decreased the quantity of big eutectic carbides,and proportionally increased spherical and rod-shaped MC type carbide content. HSS0 (0.00% RE) had approximately three times the thermal cracking density of HSS3 (0.12 wt.% RE). Rare earth elements were shown to significantly improve the microstructure and thermal cracking resistance of HSS rolls.     

热处理工艺对高碳贝氏体钢的组织与性能影响

以轴承用高碳贝氏体钢为研究对象,采用扫描电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪及硬度计等手段研究了不同奥氏体化温度对贝氏体钢组织形成及性能的影响,遴选出最优的奥氏体化工艺,同时对比了不同贝氏体等温转变后有无Ce元素添加的高碳贝氏体钢的力学性能.试验结果表明,950℃奥氏体化温度得到的组织中无明显的大颗粒未溶碳化物,组织尺寸和硬度性能...     

Effect of rare-earth doping on adsorption of carbon atom on ferrum surface and in ferrum subsurface: A first-principles study

The adsorption of carbon atom on Fe surface and in Fe subsurface with and without rare earth (La and Ce) substitution in the surface layer and subsurface layer was studied by first-principles calculations. The carbon atom is predicted to adsorb at hollow and long bridge site on Fe(100) and Fe(110), respectively. However, the carbon atom shifts to occupy preferentially hollow site on both Fe(100) and Fe(110) with rare earth atom doping at surface layer. The lower adsorption energies involved with stronger adsorption abilities were obtained for carbon atoms on Fe surface with rare earth doping at surface layer, which was determined by the electronic structure of the surface atoms. The La atom was pulled out the surface after carbon adsorption due to strong interaction of La–C, which is consistent with the more charge transfer. In the subsurface region, the carbon atom prefers to occupy at octahedral site with rare earth doping at surface layer in Fe slab. These strong adsorption energies of the carbon atoms on Fe surface and in Fe subsurface with rare earth pose relevant insights into the interaction between carbon and rare earth, which helps to understanding the influence mechanism of rare earth in carburizing.     

WC-8(Fe, Co, Ni)RE合金性能研究

用不同比例的Fe和Ni部分代替WC-8Co合金中的粘结剂Co，再添加微量的碳粉和稀土氧化物Y2O3制得WC-8(Fe，Co，Ni)RE硬质合金，测试了其物理机械性能，研究了粘结剂各种成分及烧结温度、烧结气氛对硬质合金性能的影响。在一定的烧结工艺下，以Fe和Ni部分代替Co所制得的WC-8(Fe，Co，Ni)RE硬质合金，其性能可以达到甚至超过YG8的标准，同时对影响WC-8(Fe，Co，Ni)RE硬质合金性能的一些因素进行了讨论。     

高频-红外吸收法测定稀土金属及其氧化物中的碳、硫含量

试样加三元助熔剂于高频感应炉的氧气流中加热燃烧,使样品中的碳硫全部转化成二氧化碳和二氧化硫,红外检测。碳硫分析结果的相对标准偏差小于10%,回收率分别为88%～108%和89%～110%。     

Laser cladding in-situ carbide particle reinforced Fe-based composite coatings with rare earth oxide addition

Particulate reinforced metal matrix composite(PR-MMC) has excellent properties such as good wear resistance,corrosion resistance and high temperature properties.Laser cladding is usually used to form PR-MMC on metal surface with various volume fractions of ceramic particles.Recent literatures showed that laser melting of powder mixture containing carbon and carbide-forming elements,was favorable for the formation of in-situ synthesized carbide particles.In this paper,rare earth oxide(RE2O3) was added into t...     

Extraction of Rare Earth Elements as Oxides from a Neodymium Magnetic Sludge

We propose a simple method for separating rare earth elements as oxides from a neodymium magnetic sludge by focusing on the affinity of oxygen for the rare earth elements (Nd, Dy, and Pr) and Fe. We have conducted separation experiments with a carbon crucible as contact material to confirm that carbon maintains the oxygen potential in the coexistence region of rare earth oxides and metallic Fe. In this work, the oxide phase of the rare earth elements and the alloy phase that primarily consists of Fe were separated clearly when the magnetic sludge in the carbon crucible was kept at 1823?K (1550?°C) under an Ar atmosphere. The purity of the rare earth oxide phase was high and only a small amount of rare earth elements were contained in the alloy phase. We found that the melting temperature of the rare earth oxides is a crucial factor for separation efficiency in our proposed method.