Affiliation:
1. South Ural State University (National Research University)
Abstract
The use of alloys with alkaline earth metals (AEM) it possible to optimize the processes of deoxidation and refining of steel from non-metallic inclusions. The technologies of ladle treatment of the melt with the use of AEM complexes to obtain high-quality metal products even if it is impossible to use expensive equipment (vacuumers, tribe apparatus, etc.), which is often typical for small steel foundries. At the same time, a number of issues related to the mechanisms implemented during the refining of liquid steel with calcium and barium require further study. In the course of this work, the authors constructed state diagrams of double (CaO–BaO) and ternary (FeO–CaO–BaO) oxide systems and carried out thermodynamic modeling of equilibria in the Fe–Ca–Ba–C–O system. It is noted that in this system there is an extensive equilibrium region of the oxide melt with solid solutions of CaO-based oxides. The solubility surfaces of components for the temperatures of steel ladle treatment (1550–1600 °С) and for different carbon contents (0; 0,1; 0,4 % С) are constructed for the studied system. A comparative analysis of the constructed diagrams suggests that a change in the carbon content within the indicated limits does not significantly affect the type of the diagrams. It follows that the revealed patterns will be maintained in the production of a wide range of economically alloyed low-carbon steels. It is shown that during the deoxidation of steel without aluminum, and with a calcium content typical for real production processes (about 30 ppm), the expected active oxygen content is about 30 ppm (log[O] = –2.5), which does not meet modern requirements for purity become. At the same time, a change of the barium content has practically no effect on the degree of deoxidation of the metal. Thus, it is shown that the main role of calcium and, especially, barium in the processing of liquid steel is modification and removal of non-metallic inclusions from the melt
Publisher
South Ural State University
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