摘要:
The manganese alloying rule and its effect on the microstructure in high chromium cast iron have been studied based on thermodynamic equilibrium phase calculations using Thermo-Calc software. The results show that the addition of certain manganese in high chromium cast iron leads to a re-partitioning of alloy elements between austenite and carbide and a dropping in equilibrium phase transformation temperature although it's inappreciable for the influence of manganese on mass fractions of every phase in this cast iron. There is about 87 percent ledeburite under thermodynamic equilibrium condition and 23 to 32 percent M7C3 type carbide under thermodynamic non-equilibrium condition in the microstructure of 3C-15Cr-4Mn-0.75Si system high chromium cast iron. Furthermore, the improvement of austenite stability and hardenability of manganese alloyed high chromium cast iron may been expected because there is a substitution between manganese and chromium that has been suggested by thermodynamic calculations. The predictions obtained with Thermo-Calc software are primarily in agreement with the available experiments.
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