The influence of chemical composition was investigated on the eutectic solidification and the structure of high chromium cast irons with various carbon (2∼3.5%) content and chromium (7∼20%) content, to which silicon, nickel, molybdenum and vanadium were added as alloy elements.
Liquidus temperature (T
l), (
γ + M
7C
3) eutectic temperature (T
e) and solidification finishing temperature (T
f) depend mainly on the carbon content.
The larger the carbon content, the lower the T
l, T
e and T
f. On the other hand, for the alloy with a constant carbon content, (
γ + M
7C
3) eutectic temperature (T
e) and solidification finishing temperature (T
f) increase, however, liquidus temperature (T
l) remains almost unchanged with increase of chromium content.
Two kinds of eutectic carbides (M
7C
3 and M
3C) appear in 7%Cr cast irons with more than 2%C and also in 10%Cr cast irons with more than 3%C. The monovariant (
γ + M
3C) eutectic solidification starts at 1157°C. (
γ + Mo
2C) eutectic structure was identified in all cast irons with 1%Mo or more. Amount of eutectic carbides is determined by the contents of carbon and chromium.
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