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Effects of Mn Content on the Formation of Inclusions in High Aluminum Steel

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Three groups smelting experiments of high Al steel with low, medium and high Mn content were carried out, and the inclusion characteristics in steel samples was observed by field emission scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometer and automatic inclusion statistical analysis system. The results show that the oxides inclusion changes from only Al2O3 in low Mn steel to MnO and a little Al2O3 in medium and high Mn steels, and the nitrides inclusion changes from only AlN in low and medium Mn steels to AlN and TiN in high Mn steel. FactSage 8.2 thermodynamic software calculations show that Mn element plays a important role in expanding the FCC phase zone and reducing the high temperature BCC phase zone, that results in the solidification route of medium and high Mn steels does not cross through BCC phase zone and the reduce of the liquidus and solidus temperature. The increasing of Mn content further promote the precipitation of AlN, MnS and TiN inclusions, especially TiN can only precipitate at high Mn content. At last, the changes in the mass fraction of various inclusions in experimental steels from 1600 °C to the solidus temperature were quantitatively calculated and the results show that the mass fraction of Al2O3 decreased with the increasing of Mn, while the mass fraction of MnO, AlN, MnS and TiN increased with the increasing content of Mn.

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The work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52174318) and the Scientific Research Foundation of the Educational Department of Liaoning Province (Grant No. LJKMZ20220663).

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    Lei Cao, Guocheng Wang, Ke Tao & Yuanyou Xiao

  2. Key Laboratory of Metallurgy Engineering Liaoning Province, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, 114051, Liaoning, P.R. China

    Guocheng Wang & Yuanyou Xiao

  3. Technology Center, Shandong Iron and Steel Company Ltd. Laiwu Company, Laiwu, 271104, Shandong, P.R. China

    Leilei Han

  4. Beijing Shougang Gitane New Materials Company Ltd, Beijing, 102200, P.R. China

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Cao, L., Han, L., Wang, G. et al. Effects of Mn Content on the Formation of Inclusions in High Aluminum Steel. Metall Mater Trans B 54, 2680–2693 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-023-02866-6

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