Thermal Analysis Results and the Theoretical Determination of Solidus and Liquidus Temperatures for the Grain Oriented Electrical Steel

Abstract:

This paper is devoted to the comparison of theoretically defined solidus and liquidus temperatures based on above mentioned theoretical methods with the results of high-temperature thermal analysis carried out on two devices (Netzsch STA 449 F3 Jupiter; Setaram SETSYS 18_TM). On large samples (23 g), the method of direct thermal analysis was applied. On small samples (200 mg), the experiments using differential thermal analysis were realized. It was found out that the solidus and liquidus temperatures for the studied steel grade can vary in dependence on the used determination method. The used methodology of thermal analysis is fully reproducible, and the these thermo-analytical results can be considered as necessary for the correct setting of critical parameters in applied research on the process of steel casting.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 226)
• Pages: 209-214
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.226.209
• Online since: January 2015
• Authors: Karel Gryc*, Bedřich Smetana, Krystian Janiszewski, Monika Žaludová, Markéta Tkadlečková, Ladislav Socha, Karel Michalek, Ladislav Válek
• Keywords: Calculation, Liquidus Temperature, Solidus Temperature, Steel, Thermal Analysis

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