Published in Metallurgical Research & Technology
In this study, the formation and characteristics of inclusions in S32101 duplex stainless steel (DSS) during continuous casting were investigated by analyzing inclusions in the tundish and continuous casting slabs. The composition of inclusions changed significantly during the continuous casting. The inclusion type in the tundish was primarily CaO-...
Published in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B
This article focuses on the synthesis of nickel borides in different molten-salt systems (eutectic NaCl/KCl and borax) at elevated temperatures. The differences in the thermodynamic stability of different nickel borides and the formation of NiB in an eutectic halite-sylvine mixture at T = 950 °C with different nickel-containing starting materials (...
Published in Materials
To elucidate the behavior of fluoride evaporation in an electroslag remelting process, the non-isothermal evaporation of the low-fluoride CaF2-CaO-Al2O3-MgO-TiO2-(Na2O-K2O) slag is studied using thermogravimetric analysis. The evaporation law of the melted slag is further verified using thermodynamic calculations. Fourier transformation infrared (F...
Published in Materials Research Express
The precipitation mechanisms of TiC eutectic particles in steel matrix composites prepared by eutectic solidification are studied through thermodynamic calculations and experimental analyses. The results indicate that the eutectic TiC particles begin to precipitate when the concentrations of Ti and C in the residual molten steel reach a eutectic po...
Published in High Temperature Materials and Processes
In order to improve the high temperature melting characteristics of bituminous coal with low ash melting point, three kinds of anthracites were used to improve the ash melting characteristics of blended coal to meet the requirement of blast furnace injection. The complete melting temperature of pulverized coal ash had been calculated by using FactS...
Steel casing pipes used in the construction of deep oil wells usually require both high strength and corrosion-resistant behavior. Due to the exploration of deep H2S-bearing oil reservoirs, sulfide stress cracking (SSC) is becoming an increasingly serious concern for casing steel. The nonmetallic inclusions in the steel are among the key reasons fo...
Published in Metallurgical Research & Technology
Columbite-to-pyrochlore conversion is proposed to enhance the difference of physicochemical properties between niobium minerals and gangue minerals with the aim of improving the niobium minerals processing of Bayan Obo deposit. Columbite mixed NaF and CaCO3 could be converted into pyrochlore. Gibbs free energies of the conversions were calculated b...
The effects of La and Y on the microstructure and mechanical properties of cast Al-Si-Cu alloys were investigated by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), optical microscope (OM), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results indicated that the addition of La and Y had a great effect on the refinement of α-Al grains, the modification of eutectic Si pha...
Published in Materials Research Express
In recent years, many scholars have paid attention to wear-resistant coatings for shield machine cutterheads due to their very high consumption rates. Among these coatings, nickel-based tungsten carbide (Ni-based WC) is one of the best, showing both corrosion resistance and wear resistance. However, to further improve the wear resistance of such co...
Published in Metallurgical Research & Technology
To separate and extract all the useful components of tailings, taking silver tailings as the object, the thermodynamics of silver tailings during the roasting processes was investigated, and the phases transformation mechanism of major minerals were obtained. Based on the mineralogy characteristics of silver tailings, the standard Gibbs free energy...
