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In order to cognize the macrosegregation formation with solidification conditions, a 36-ton steel ingot has been experimentally investigated. Temperature variations of fourteen specified positions, for both the mold and ingot, were monitored to acquire the thermal conditions during solidification. Calibrated heat transfer coefficients between the ingot and mold were determined based on the temperature measurements and the empirical formula. Besides, concentration distributions of both carbon and sulfur in the ingot longitudinal section were mapped by 1800 drilled samples. Macrosegregation patterns were obtained, and notable negative segregations along the side walls of hot-top as well as typical segregation characteristics were presented in the maps. Segregation extent of sulfur was greater than that of carbon, and the segregated sulfur was relevant to the segregated carbon in a certain extent on statistical analysis with a standard correlation coefficient r = 0.68872. Finally, a two-phase multiscale multicomponent solidification model was preliminarily utilized to predict the species segregation. General good agreements are exhibited for the comparisons between the prediction and measurement of concentration profiles of carbon and sulfur in ingot.
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This work was financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2011CB012900) and the National Science and Technology Major Project the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2012ZX04012011).
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The concentration solute transport equations[19,20] for the liquid and solid phase is improved as follows:
According to the interface solute balance, it can be derived as
Considering the fact that diffusion in solid is negligible compared with the diffusion in liquid (D s,1 ≪ D l,1), it can be simplified as
Similarly, the interfacial phase change rate can also be expressed as
Combining Eqs. [A4] and [A5], the constraint between the interface solute element evolutions is
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Duan, Z., Tu, W., Shen, B. et al. Experimental Measurements for Numerical Simulation of Macrosegregation in a 36-Ton Steel Ingot. Metall Mater Trans A 47, 3597–3606 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3531-6
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