The ability of the catalysts to nucleate the graphite-
γ eutectic is judged by considering simultaneously the nucleation temperature, at which the most powerful catalysts generate the nuclei, and the number of nuclei grown before recalescence. The nucleation temperature is to be indicated by the temperature of initial arrest revealed just after the crystallization of primary
γ on the cooling curve and the number of nuclei is indicated by the number of eutectic cells in samples quenched at the minimum temperature before recalescence in the eutectic solidification. Fe-C, Fe-C-Si, Fe-C-S and Fe-C-Ti alloys were, respectively, molten and solidified as gray cast iron in a SiC-resistance furnace under accurately reproducible conditions. Thermal analysis was carried out during the cooling. The number of eutectic cells was counted in samples quenched at various stages during cooling.
Under the experimental conditions, the nucleation temperature appeared clearly on the cooling curve, but no cells appeared in samples quenched at the minimum temperature in the eutectic solidification, excect Fe-C-Ti alloy. The number of nuclei, however, was indicated by the number of cells in the furnace-cooled castings, except for the alloy containing surface active elements such as sulfur. In the case of an Fe-C-S alloy, it was complicating to express the number of nuclei experimentally because it was not indicated by the number of eutectic cells in the casting.
抄録全体を表示