Abstract
The dependences of the macro- and microstructures as well as the hardness of local TiC-Fe-type reinforcements (LR) fabricated in situ in steel casting using compacts containing different contents of TiC reactants and the addition of an Fe moderator have been investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Vickers hardness (HV) tests. Five powder mixtures were selected for compact preparation; one of them contains only TiC reactants, while the other four contain TiC reactants as well as 10, 30, 50, and 70 wt pct Fe moderator additions, respectively. Next, the ready compacts were introduced to the mold cavity and poured by cast steel for the in situ LR fabrication. This is the first time, through this study, that the fragmentation phenomena was revealed by macrostructural observations of the LR produced with only the TiC reactants. The increasing Fe content gradually limited the fragmentation and infiltration processes and stabilized the dimensions of the LR. With the increasing contents of the Fe moderator, the refinement of the TiC particles in the LR was observed. Due to the limited infiltration process and high surface content of the TiC, the LR produced with 30 wt pct Fe exhibited the greatest hardness.
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