scholarly journals New Mold Slag Compositions for the Continuous Casting of Soft Steels

2021 ◽  
pp. 2100165
Author(s):  
Nathalie Kölbl
Keyword(s):  
2010 ◽  
Vol 156-157 ◽  
pp. 996-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Qi Liu ◽  
Hong Xia Li ◽  
Fan Qian ◽  
Wen Gang Yang ◽  
Jian Bin Yu ◽  
...  

Submerged Entry nozzle is one of the key functional refractories for continuous casting and the safe and efficiency of the continuous casting is directly influenced by the properties of ZrO2-C materials located at the slag line of the submerged entry nozzle. In general, a little anti-oxidants such as SiC, Si or B4C will be introudced into ZrO2-C materials and anti-oxidants also influence the corrosion resistance of ZrO2-C materials. So this paper researched the properties especially the corrosion resistance of ZrO2-C materials with SiC, Si or B4C additions. The results show that the properties of ZrO2-C materials are relate to the composition of ZrO2-C materials and the corrosion resistance of ZrO2-C materials have no obvious relationship with other properties such as apparent porosity, bulk density, et al. The addition of anti-oxidants will all decrease the corrosion resistance of ZrO2-C material. The decreasing degree of corrosion resistance by Si is the most and the decreasing degree of corrosion resistance by SiC is the least. The corrosion resistance of ZrO2-C material with B4C addition is relate to the kind of the mold slag. To obtain the ZrO2-C material with excellent corrosion resistance antioxidants should not be added into ZrO2-C materials.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo Chen ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Xufeng Wang ◽  
Shengping He ◽  
Qian Wang

During the continuous casting (CC) of Ti-bearing steel, a steel lump can solidify in the mold (i.e., floater steel) more easily than in the Ti-free steels. This causes severe surface defects or even a breakout. We have examined the mechanisms of floater formation during the CC of 321 stainless steel by analyzing the inclusions in the floater steel and in the 321 steel that was sampled from the mold. Additionally, we calculated the disregistry between the metallic phases and common inclusions. The mineralogy and morphology of the inclusions were examined while using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Thermodynamic calculations on the TixOy inclusions at different oxygen potentials were performed while using FactSage 7.2. Using this approach, we determined that ferrite nucleates grow on TiN and MgO inclusions following solidification, which then form micro-aggregates as a result of dynamic collisions and alliances. Analysis of the mold slag from the metallurgy stage indicated that altering the basicity and properties of the mold flux systematically might minimize the reaction between the slag and steel, which would achieve a coordinated control over lubrication and heat transfer.


2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1185-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Palai ◽  
P. P. Sahoo ◽  
Arghya Dey ◽  
T. K. Roy ◽  
V. V. Mahashabde

Author(s):  
Akalya Raviraj ◽  
Nadia Kourra ◽  
Mark A. Williams ◽  
Gert Abbel ◽  
Claire Davis ◽  
...  

AbstractMold slag entrainment during the continuous casting process presents a late stage source of non-metallic inclusions (NMI) with a high likelihood of ending up in the final product. The reaction between the entrained slag phase and surrounding liquid steel in the continuous casting mold affects the inclusion morphology and properties. However, there is a lack of information on the kinetics of the NMI-steel reaction. A novel approach, utilizing controlled synthetic inclusion/metal samples, has been developed to study the reactions between free inclusion-slag droplets and steel. The technique combines High-Temperature Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy (HT-CSLM), X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) and advanced electron microscopy techniques offering rapid controlled heating performance and extensive characterization of the samples. This method offers the ability to observe the size, shape and composition of an unconstrained reacting inclusion and to investigate the interface between the materials with respect to reaction time. This study interrogates a low aluminum steel (0.04 wt pct) and a high aluminum steel (1 wt pct) in contact with an inclusion-slag phase with a starting composition aligned to a typical mold slag. It was found that the reaction between silica and aluminum across the interface of the two phases provided a driving force for spontaneous emulsification to occur. Products of such emulsification will have a significant effect on the inclusion size distribution and potentially the prevalence of inclusion retention in molten steels solidifying in the continuous caster (for example if emulsified buoyancy forces are reduced to near zero) and hence in the subsequent solid product.


2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1052-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobo Yan ◽  
Meijuan Gan ◽  
Huazhi Yuan ◽  
Qiangqiang Wang ◽  
Shengping He ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (6) ◽  
pp. 242-247
Author(s):  
C. Damerval ◽  
H. Tavernier ◽  
L. Avedian ◽  
P. Disant ◽  
P. Delfosse ◽  
...  

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