Jiang Qichuan

Abrasion-resistant as-cast manganese steel with nodular carbide modified by calcium

Calcium systems agents, which are cheap and abundant on earth, are used for the modification of high-carbon medium-manganese steel. After the treatment, needle-like and network-forming carbide turns to a nodular form in the as-cast state. This is an economical and practical method, and it also is a new investigation

Research on Thermal Wear of Cast Hot Forging Die Steel Modified by Rare Earths

Abstract Thermal wear of cast hot-forging die steel modified by rare earths(RE) was studied and compared with commercially used die steels. The function of RE and the mechanism of thermal wear of cast steel modified by RE were discussed. The results showed that with increasing content of RE, the wear rate of cast steel reduced at first and then increased. By adding 0.05% (mass fraction) RE, the cast hot-forging die steel with optimum thermal wear resistance was obtained, which was better than that of H13 and 3Cr2W8V. The large amount of coarse inclusions, (RE)2O2S, resulted from excessive RE, which obviously deteriorated thermal wear resistance. The mechanism of thermal wear of the modified cast die steel is oxidation wear and oxide fatigue delamination. The wear debris are lumps of Fe2O3 and Fe3O4.

Control of solidification structure of wear-resistant austenite-bainite polyphase steel with nodular eutectic

A new austenite-bainite polyphase steel with nodular carbides can be obtained by controlling the solidification structure of the steel melt, which only contains manganese and silicon, with modification of Si-Ca-B compound and air-hardening. The result indicates that the nodular carbide is in the eutectic form of austenite and (Fe, Mn)3C, which is formed between the austenitic dendrites during solidification due to element segregation. The modifying elements (calcium, silicon, etc.) have the following functions: (1) their chemical compounds (CaS, SiO2) are formed preferentially during solidification to act as heterogeneous nuclei for nodular eutectic crystallization, (2) the eutectic can be turned into the nodular shape after modification because of the decrease in the amount of the adsorbed impurity elements (oxygen and sulphur) and silicon enriched on the eutectic growth interface. The quantity of nodular eutectic makes up 10%–20%, with a size of 15–25 μm. The hardness and the toughness of this steel are 40–50 HRC and 20–40 J, respectively, and hence its wear-resistance can be more greatly increased than that of the austenite-manganese steel and the austenite-bainite steel.