Chemical composition and structural identification of primary carbides in as-cast H13 steel

Ming-tao Mao; Han-jie Guo; Fei Wang; Xiao-lin Sun

doi:10.1007/s12613-019-1796-7

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Ming-tao Mao, Han-jie Guo, Fei Wang, and Xiao-lin Sun, Chemical composition and structural identification of primary carbides in as-cast H13 steel, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 26(2019), No. 7, pp. 839-848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1796-7

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Ming-tao Mao, Han-jie Guo, Fei Wang, and Xiao-lin Sun, Chemical composition and structural identification of primary carbides in as-cast H13 steel, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 26(2019), No. 7, pp. 839-848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1796-7

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Chemical composition and structural identification of primary carbides in as-cast H13 steel

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Han-jie Guo E-mail: guohanjie@ustb.edu.cn
Received: 13 September 2018; Revised: 27 December 2018; Accepted: 11 January 2019

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The aim of this study was to characterize the primary carbides formed in as-cast H13 steel. The composition, morphology, type, and size of primary carbides in as-cast H13 steel were investigated by optical microscope (OM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The number of primary carbides was investigated by ASPEX automated inclusion analysis system. The results indicated that primary carbides in as-cast H13 steel are mainly composed of Cr, Mo, V, and Ti, and there exist four kinds of primary carbides in the interdendritic zones of H13 steel, which are stripy Mo-Cr-rich M₂C, eutectic Mo-Cr-rich M₂C, V-rich MC, and V-rich MC with Ti and N. Thermodynamic calculation indicated that M₂C precipitates in liquid phase at solid fractions larger than 0.99, while MC precipitates in liquid phase at solid fractions larger than 0.96. Statistical results indicated that the number of M₂C is much greater than the number of other kinds of primary carbides. Most primary carbides are blocky, with lengths of no more than 10 μm and a length/width ratio of no more than 3. The large primary carbides in as-cast H13 steel are mainly M₂C.
- primary carbide;
- phase identification;
- H13 steel;
- precipitation thermodynamic

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