The nucleation behavior of the hypoeutectic Fe-C-Si-S alloys to which small amounts of various types of SiO
2 powders had been added was investigated by determining the number of dendrite grains, mean area of dendrite elements and degree of supercooling at the start of austenite solidification. The melt to which
α-quartz or
α-cristobalite has been added has high nucleating potency for austenite, while that to which quartz glass has been added and that free from additives have low potency. Crystalline SiO
2 is an effective catalyst for austenite nucleation. The number of nuclei corresponds to the amount of suspending crystalline SiO
2 particles. The nucleating potency is moderated in the melt in which S content has been increased. The minimum crystallographic disregistries of
β-quartz,
β-tridymite and
β-cristobalite to austenite are caluculated as 4.0, 3.3 and 2.7% respectively, justifying the heterogeneous nucleation theory.
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