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Mechanism of yttrium in deep desulfurization of NiCoCrAlY alloy during vacuum induction melting process

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In this study, yttrium as desulfurizer on the purification of Ni–20Co–20Cr–10Al–Y alloy during vacuum induction melting (VIM) process using Y2O3 crucibles was investigated experimentally. It is found that Y plays an important role on the desulfurizing of the NiCoCrAlY alloy. Without any addition of Y, merely the employment of Y2O3 crucibles could effectively reduce S content of the alloy melts from 28 × 10−6 to 6 × 10−6–7 × 10−6. With addition of 0.8 wt% Y in the alloy, the concentration of S could further reduce 2 × 10−6–3 × 10−6. The primary interactive mechanism between Y and molten alloy was concluded to be the synthesis reaction of Ni3Y phase, Y2S3 phases and YAlO3 phase. In the desulfurize slags, Y2S3 phases and YAlO3 phase are found. No secondary contamination is present in the alloy melts after addition of Y.

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This study was financially supported by the National Science & Technology Pillar Program of China (No. 2013BAB11B04) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51404017). Furthermore, the authors wish to express their appreciation to the State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology.

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    Jin-Peng Li, Hua-Rui Zhang, Ming Gao, Qing-Ling Li, Jie Zhang & Hu Zhang

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Material and Thin Film Technology, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Hua-Rui Zhang, Ming Gao, Bo Yang & Hu Zhang

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Li, JP., Zhang, HR., Gao, M. et al. Mechanism of yttrium in deep desulfurization of NiCoCrAlY alloy during vacuum induction melting process. Rare Met. 41, 218–225 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-018-1103-1

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