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Interaction Between Ceramic Molds and High-Speed Steel during Gravity and Vacuum Investment Casting

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Ceramic molds containing the ZrSiO4/SiO2 primary face coat with and without addition of cobalt aluminate were produced. After firing, the surface and the cross sections of the face coats were subjected to detailed characterization using XRD, SEM and EDS. The interaction between the mold systems and 0.9C-6W-5Mo-4Cr-2V high-speed steel was studied during the gravity and vacuum investment casting. During casting, the isostructural transformation of the initial ZrSiO4 filler occurred. For the mold without addition of the cobalt aluminate, two different types of interaction products [multicomponent phase containing O, Al, Zr, Fe, W and V and (Fe, W,Mo,Cr)2Al2O6)] were revealed. An interaction layer of a depth in the range of 5-30 μm was thoroughly studied after casting into the mold containing the cobalt aluminate. Addition of the cobalt aluminate into the ceramic system provided significant refinement of the high-speed steel microstructure.

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The authors are grateful to the staff and especially Mr Juraj Almáši of the CPP-Slovakia, s.r.o. for technical help with investment casting, and to Dr Martin Sahul and Prof Mária Dománková for conducting the EBSD measurements. The financial support of the grants from the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic VEGA 1/0520/15 and APVV-16-0057 is gratefully acknowledged. This publication is the result of the project implementation: APRODIMET, ITMS, code 26220120048, supported by the Research & Development Operational Programme funded by the ERDF.

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Chaus, A.S., Bračík, M. & Čaplovič, L. Interaction Between Ceramic Molds and High-Speed Steel during Gravity and Vacuum Investment Casting. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 28, 4774–4789 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04248-z

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