Abstract
Inclusion characteristic and microstructure of rare earth (RE) elements containing steel were evaluated with scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), element-mapping, optical microscopy (OM), and automated feature analysis (AFA) option equipped with ASPEX PSEM. Factsage was used to calculate the equilibrium inclusion composition. Based on the calculation, an inclusion evolution mechanism was proposed. Furthermore, line scanning analysis was used to elucidate the intra-granular acicular ferrite (IAF) nucleation mechanism. The result showed that two difierent inclusions exist in sample steel: (Mn-Al-Si-Ti-La-Ce-O) +MnS complex inclusion and isolated MnS inclusion. Almost all nucleation sites for IAF are complex inclusions, while single MnS inclusion cannot induce IAF. A possible formation mechanism of complex inclusion is proposed based on calculated results using Factsage, which agrees well with experimental results. A Mn-depletion zone (MDZ) which exists adjacent to the (Mn-Al-Si-Ti-La-Ce-O) +MnS complex inclusion can account for the IAF formation. However, the low volume fraction (1.49£10 i7 )
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