Abstract
Abstract The article presents the results of studying non-metallic inclusions (NI) after extra-furnace treatment of the 13Cr9Mo2Co1NiVNbNB steel melt to produce large-sized ingots. The objects of the study were laboratory samples melted in a semi-industrial induction furnace with the capacity of 20 tons (the first batch), and samples obtained after melting in an electric arc furnace with the capacity of 120 tons, followed by modification and double vacuuming (the second batch).
Previously, using the Fact Sage software, modeling of the NI formation processes was carried out. The data were obtained on the possible NI composition and amount in this steel.
Studying NIs (the composition, the contamination index, inclusion parameters) was carried out on an ASPEX Explorer electron microscope using the method of automatic X-ray spectral analysis of particles (Automatic Features Analysis, AFA). It was established that in the samples of the first batch, the main part of the NIs consisted of chromium- and manganese-containing oxides: chromium-manganese spinels (Cr-Mn-O and Mn-Cr-Si-O groups), which occupy more than 94% of the total area of the NIs. In the samples of the second batch, the main part of the Nis was represented by Cr-Mn-O; Al-Cr-O; Cr-Al-Mn-O systems.
It was shown that the average size of non-ferrous substances in the samples of the laboratory batch and in industrial samples after extra-furnace treatment differs slightly (5-12%), however, the contamination index in industrial samples after vacuum treatment and especially after modification and repeated vacuum treatment was reduced by more than 10 times. The results obtained allow recommending vacuum treatment and complex modification with calcium and boron as measures to prevent the formation of non-ferrous metals and to improve metallurgical quality when smelting large ingots using complex alloy steels.
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