Precipitation in Surface Zone of Continuously-Cast Slab of ULC/IF Steel Microalloyed with Titanium

Abstract:

The aim of this work was to analyze the morphology and distribution of the microalloy precipitates in the slab surface zone of ULC/IF steel microalloyed with titanium. The slab was made by continuous casting using two different slab pulling rates. Transient slabs were pulled with pulling rate 0.4 m/min at the start and 0.8 m/min at the end of the slab. It was confirmed that morphology of the particles evaluated in the surface areas of slab were globular, cubical or elliptical shape and have been identified as of TiS, TiN and TiC. At the lower drawing rate particles from the middle cut-out from an area with coarse ferritic grains at the slab surface attained an mean size of 2r = 41.8 nm, and from an area with fine ferritic grains they attained an mean size of 2r = 32.5 nm. At the higher drawing rate particles in the middle cut-out attained an mean size of 2r= 63.5 nm. The coarser particles were found in areas with coarse ferrite grains and at higher pulling speed.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 782)
• Pages: 73-80
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.782.73
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Margita Longauerová*, Maria Hurakova, Svätoboj Longauer
• Keywords: Casting Rate, Continuous Casting, IF Steel with Ti, Morpholoy, Precipitate, Size, Slab

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