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2017 (English)In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, ISSN 1073-5623, E-ISSN 1543-1940, Vol. 48, no 11, p. 5432-5441Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The narrow production window for compacted graphite iron material (CGI) drastically reduces the possibilities to produce it in small batches outside an industrial environment. This fact hinders laboratory-scale investigations on CGI solidification. This work presents a solution to that issue by introducing an experimental technique to produce graphitic cast iron of the main three families. Samples of a base hypereutectic spheroidal graphite iron (SGI) were re-melted in a resistance furnace under Ar atmosphere. Varying the holding time at 1723 K (1450 °C), graphitic irons ranging from spheroidal to lamellar were produced. Characterization of the graphite morphology evolution, in terms of nodularity as a function of holding time, is presented. The nodularity decay for the SGI region suggests a linear correlation with the holding time. In the CGI region, nodularity deterioration shows a slower rate, concluding with the sudden appearance of lamellar graphite. The fading process of magnesium, showing agreement with previous researchers, is described by means of empirical relations as a function of holding time and nodularity. The results on nodularity fade and number of nodules per unit area fade suggest that both phenomena occur simultaneously during the fading process of magnesium.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2017
National Category
Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-35584 (URN)10.1007/s11661-017-4315-3 (DOI)000412849400027 ()2-s2.0-85029483568 (Scopus ID)
Note
Included in licentiate thesis in submitted manuscript version with title "New experimental technique for nodularity and Mg fading control in CGI production on laboratory scale".
2017-09-152017-05-222019-04-29Bibliographically approved