Abstract
Effects of Cr addition on as-cast Coarse Columnar austenite Grain (CCG) structure were investigated for 0.2 mass% carbon steel by means of rapid unidirectional solidification method which realizes cooling conditions similar to those in the vicinity of continuous cast slab surface. Although the as-cast structure of the unidirectionally solidified samples always consisted of the CCGs regardless of Cr addition, the aspect ratio of the CCGs was remarkably reduced by the Cr addition. During solidification, Fine Columnar austenite Grains (FCGs) existed at the growing front of the CCG region and the migration velocity of the FCG/CCG boundary was reduced by the Cr addition. EPMA analysis revealed that the Cr addition enhances P segregation at interdendritic positions, which lowers a temperature for completion of γ transformation, Tγ. This lowered Tγ reduces the migration velocity of the FCG/CCG boundary and, as a result, induces the formation of CCGs having shorter major axis diameters.
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