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Influence of Microstructure and Crystallographic Texture on the Surface Brightness of Industrially Produced Tinplated Steels

  • Pampa GhoshEmail author
  • Dyuti Mondal
  • Aashutosha Tiwari
  • Mahadev Shome
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Abstract

Three distinct layers are present in commercially produced tinplated steels: the top tin layer, the middle Fe-Sn alloy layer, and the bottom steel substrate. The brightness of these steels is inversely proportional to the roughness of the top layer. Substrate steels with recrystallized structure, sharper texture, and cleaner matrix result in flatter Fe-Sn interlayer and subsequently smoother top Sn layer. This in turn gives brighter surface finish.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the management of Tata Steel, India for giving us the permission to publish this paper. The principal author would also like to thank Mr. Soumya Chatterjee for the many fruitful discussions they had from time to time. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Data Availability statement

The raw/processed data required to reproduce these findings cannot be shared at this time due to technical or time limitations.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Pampa Ghosh
    • 1
    Email author
  • Dyuti Mondal
    • 2
  • Aashutosha Tiwari
    • 3
  • Mahadev Shome
    • 1
  1. 1.R&D Tata SteelJamshedpurIndia
  2. 2.Materials and Metallurgy DepartmentIIESTShibpurIndia
  3. 3.Tata TinplateJamshedpurIndia

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