Abstract:Non-metallic inclusions will be formed in molten steel at high temperature, which will adversely affect the casting process of steel and the properties of steel products. In order to to provide some theoretical and experimental basis for the design, preparation and application of high titanium steel by studying the interfacial wetting behavior between high titanium steel and inclusions. Three kinds of steel samples with different titanium content and typical inclusions (Al2O3 and MgAl2O4) were taken as research objects, and the high-temperature wetting experiments were carried out by a modified sessile drop method, and the apparent contact angles between solidified steel samples and inclusion substrates were obtained. After the experiments, the interface morphology and elements of the samples were characterized by electron probe microanalyzer, and the interface wetting behavior between steels and inclusions was explained by thermodynamic calculation. The main results are as follows. When the mass percent of titanium in steel was 0.01%, 0.31% and 0.68% respectively, for the Al2O3/steel wetting system, the apparent contact angles were 96°, 90° and 112°, respectively, and the interface between solidified steels and substrates was uniform with no new reaction phase and obvious element enrichment were found. For MgAl2O4/steel wetting system, the apparent contact angles were 113°, 106° and 130°, respectively, and no reaction phase was found at the interface between steel with low titanium content(w(Ti)=0.01%), but a discontinuous chemical reaction layer existed at the interface between steels with high titanium content and substrates, which may be a mixture of MgS, MgO, Ti4S2C2 and MgAl2O4. Research showed that the decrease of the apparent contact angle was due to the decrease of the surface tension of molten steel caused by the addition of titanium content. However, when the titanium content in steel reached 0.68%, many TiN particles entrained in the steel leaded to the increase the viscosity of molten steel and then hindered its spreading. The effect of viscosity on the apparent contact angle was much greater than that of surface tension. Therefore, the apparent contact angles of both systems decreased and then increased obviously with the increase of titanium content. Molten steel at high temperature is a very complex mixture system. At present, the wettability between steel and inclusions is mainly evaluated by contact angle, interface morphology and chemical reaction. Therefore, the evaluation method of interface wetting system between high-Ti steel and inclusions needs to be further explored and improved in the future research.
邓雅岑, 赵立, 王强强, 张旭彬, 何生平. 不同钛含量的钢与Al2O3和MgAl2O4界面润湿行为[J]. 钢铁, 2023, 58(1): 55-66.
DENG Ya-cen, ZHAO Li, WANG Qiang-qiang, ZHANG Xu-bin, HE Sheng-ping. Interface wettability between steel with various contents of titanium and Al2O3 and MgAl2O4[J]. Iron and Steel, 2023, 58(1): 55-66.
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