Microstructure of hypereutectic Fe-C-V alloys
Journal Title: Archiwum Odlewnictwa - Year 2011, Vol 11, Issue 2
Abstract
The study shows the results of examinations of the microstructure of the in-volume-solidifying Fe-C-V alloys containing carbon in a range of 1.53÷3.09% and vanadium in a range of 14.73÷15.71%. All the examined alloys were hypereutectic alloys as proved by the cooling curves, relevant calculations (Sc) and examinations under the microscope. It has been confirmed that the primary carbides of vanadium are crystallising in the form of non-faceted dendrites, acting as a substrate for the growing fibres of vanadium eutectic. The content of primary carbides in the microstructure depends on the content of carbon and vanadium in the alloy. During the conducted research an attempt was also made to determine the content of primary and eutectic carbides and to establish a relationship between carbon and vanadium content in the alloy and the content of primary carbides. In Fe-C-V alloys, besides primary carbides, also a fibrous eutectic composed of ferrite and vanadium carbides of the VC1-x type crystallises. To conduct the previously planned examinations, a series of melts with a variable carbon and vanadium content was carried out under argon atmosphere in a Balzers vacuum furnace. Specimens were examined under an optical microscope, but to investigate in more detail the geometry of individual phases, they were deep etched with aqua regia and examined by scanning electron microscopy. In the investigated alloys, the chemical composition of the crystallised phases was determined by EDS microanalysis.
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M. Kawalec
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