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Effects of Nucleus Density and Dendritic Growth Influenced by Ti and Nb on Solidification Structure of Fe-18 Pct Cr Ferritic Stainless Steel

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The effects of nucleus density and dendritic growth influenced by Ti and Nb on the solidification structure of Fe-18 pct Cr ferritic stainless steel (FSS) ingots were investigated. The equiaxed zone ratios (EZR) were 8.5, 28.8, 67.5, and 57.3 pct in the blank, Nb-bearing, Ti-bearing, and Ti-Nb-bearing FSS ingots, respectively. The grain size was the smallest in the Ti-Nb-bearing ingot. Silicon oxide was present in the blank sample and Nb-bearing ingot, but the complex nuclei that were composed of TiOx-Ti(C, N) and TiOx-(Ti, Nb)x(C, N)y existed in the Ti-bearing and Ti-Nb-bearing ingots, respectively. The bulk density of the complex nucleus decreased by 70 pct when the Ti content decreased from 0.16 to 0.14 mass pct. Thermodynamic calculations indicate that the phase transformation from Ti3O5 to Ti2O3 was delayed in the ingot with a lower Ti content and that the Ti2O3 shows more potential for TiN nucleation compared with Ti3O5 according to the disregistry theory. The increased EZR mechanism was illustrated by a cellular-automaton–finite-element method with actual distribution statistics of the complex nucleus and dendritic-growth-kinetic analysis. The heterogeneous nucleation effect of the complex nucleus by Ti addition and the variations in dendritic-growth kinetics by Ti and Nb contribute to the EZR increase of FSS.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Grant No. 51374020).

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Hou, Y., Cheng, G. Effects of Nucleus Density and Dendritic Growth Influenced by Ti and Nb on Solidification Structure of Fe-18 Pct Cr Ferritic Stainless Steel. Metall Mater Trans B 50, 1322–1333 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-019-01557-5

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