Fe-Cr-C alloys containing 1∼25 mass % chromium and 20 vol % eutectic were destabilized at 1123 K for 60 to 18 ks in a salt bath immediately after their solidification and the precipitation processes of secondary carbides were investigated by using SEM and TEM. In 1 and 5 mass % chromium irons, the secondary carbides develop from the surface of eutectic carbides toward the center of dendrite. In 10, 15 and 25 mass % irons, fibroid carbides precipitate from the vicinity of eutectic carbides and they grow up to the columnar type carbides. Electron diffraction analysis revealed that M
3C precipitated in 1 mass % chromium iron, M
7C
3 and M
3C in 5 mass % chromium iron, M
23C
6, M
7C
3 and M
3C in 10 mass % chromium iron and M
23C
6, M
7C
3 in 15 mass % chromium and 25 mass % chromium irons. Chromium retards the precipitation of secondary carbides and the precipitation start time (
ts) becomes larger with an increase in Cr/C, the ratio of chromium content to carbon content of alloy, as expressed by an equation :
ts ≒ 5.94 (Cr/C)
1.985.
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