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Cerium refinement of grains and primary carbides during solidification of Cr4Mo4V bearing steel

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The effect of cerium(Ce)on the solidification microstructure of Cr4Mo4V bearing steel was investigated via a combined experimental and theoretical method.With a trace amount(0.056 wt%)of Ce addition,the coarse columnar grains in as-cast microstructure transform into equiaxed ones,and the average diameter is reduced from 56 to 27 μm.The network-like and bulky primary MC and M2C carbides at the interdendritic regions become disconnected and refined,and their volume percentage decreases from 4.15 vol%to 2.1 vol%.Ce-inclusions acting as heterogeneous nucleation agents of prior-austenite grains and Ce atoms segregating at grain boundaries,both contribute to the refinement of grains.Thermody-namic calculations reveal that primary carbides are precipitated after γ-austenite forms near the end of the solidification process.The modification of primary carbides in size and amount is mainly attributed to the isolated remaining melt separated by refined γ-austenite grains in which the nucleation of carbides is promoted,while the growth is restrained owing to the less segregation of alloying elements.

Cr4Mo4V bearing steelRare EarthsGrainsPrimary carbidesRefinement

Weifeng Liu、Jianqiang Wang、Mingyue Sun、Bin Xu、Jiahao Yao、Qunbo Fan、Dianzhong Li

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Chongqing Innovation Center,Beijing Institute of Technology,Chongqing,401135,China

Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science,Institute of Metal Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shenyang,110016,China

国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家重点研发计划

5203101352173305522330172018YFA0702900

2024

稀土学报(英文版)
中国稀土学会

稀土学报(英文版)

CSTPCDEI
影响因子:1.3
ISSN:1002-0721
年,卷(期):2024.42(4)
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