Abstract
AbstractThe production of high quality ductile cast iron requires different and complex inoculants. Besides iron and silicon, they also contain alloying elements such as zirconium, strontium, barium, calcium and rare earth metals. The addition of these elements reduces carbide solidification and increases the number of eutectic cells, which improves the quality of the cast iron produced. This study investigates the process of incipient melting of a complex barium inoculant and its effects on graphite nucleation. In the study, the sample was prepared by introducing the inoculant grain into the melt of the ductile iron. The region between the inoculant grain and the less inoculated matrix was examined metallographically using light and scanning electron microscopy. We used energy dispersion spectroscopy to determine the phases in the microstructure formed. It was found that graphite particles can already nucleate and grow in solid particles when the inoculant is still dissolving and also from the melt where the Ba and Ca concentrations are high and form BaO·CaO phases that serve as nuclei for graphite growth.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Metals and Alloys,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanics of Materials
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