The application is to be on March 27th, 2003 applying date, and application number is 03121186.0, and denomination of invention is that high-purity ferroboron, iron-based non-crystalline alloy are divided an application with mother alloy and iron-based non-crystalline alloy and manufacture method thereof.
Technical background
Amorphous alloy has good magnetic property and mechanical properties, is expected to become broad-spectrum Industrial materials.Wherein as the core material of power transformer and high-frequency transformer etc., because of its iron loss is low, and characteristics such as saturation magnetic flux density and permeability be big, iron-based non-crystalline alloy, for example amorphous alloys such as Fe-B-Si system, Fe-B-Si-C system are widely adopted.
These amorphous alloys can adopt single-roller method, two roll method that mother alloy is made from the molten state quench solidification.These methods are that molten metal is ejected into from nozzle etc. on the outer circumference surface of metal roller of high speed rotating, make it to solidify hastily, are cast as strip or filament.
Mother alloy is the alloy that composition is adjusted into the composition of amorphous alloy.Iron-based non-crystalline alloy as described above is to assign to make by cooperating the auxiliary material of ferro-boron, dilution source of iron and Si, C etc., being adjusted to.
If, during quench solidification, can not stably form non-crystalline state owing to contain impurity in the mother alloy, can not get reasons such as premium properties, so the raw material of mother alloy all uses high-purity raw, the dilution source of iron is used electrolytic iron.
Ferro-boron is the boron source with boron oxide, boric acid etc. always, and carbon such as source of iron and coke, charcoal, fine powder charcoal are that reductive agent is a raw material, makes with fusion reducing furnaces such as electric furnaces.The source of iron of high-purity ferroboron is used electrolytic iron always.
The B content of iron-based non-crystalline alloy is number quality %, manufacturing about mother alloy, someone has proposed two kinds of methods, a kind of method is that the B content that will obtain with electric furnace process is the method that the ferro-boron more than the 10 quality % dilutes, and another kind of method is the method that the B content that uses shaft furnace or hot metal ladle refining to obtain is finely tuned for the composition of the ferro-boron of number quality %.It in the reality a kind of method before adopting.Its main reason is, the utilization ratio height of preceding a kind of method B, and cost is low, in addition, further improves B content, can reduce C content.
Solubleness and the B content of C in ferro-boron is the relation of inverse correlation, and when B content reduced, the solubleness of C rose.Therefore, when C was harmful to as impurity, improving B content was effective means.
Open the content that the ferro-boron that discloses above-mentioned inverse correlation relation and B content 〉=10 quality %, C content≤0.5 quality % in the clear 59-232250 communique can carry out commercial production the spy.But, making under the situation of ferro-boron with electric furnace process, there is the high and high problem of unit power consumption of B content.
Further, open the spy and disclose the method that reduces C content with oxygen bubbling in the ferro-boron liquation in the clear 59-126732 communique.Yet B is also by dioxygen oxidation, and the utilization ratio of B decreases.This is the problem that this method exists.
In addition, as the manufacture method of the high-purity ferroboron of low Al, obtaining B concentration with electric furnace is that the method for the ferro-boron of 10-20 quality % has been opened in clear 59-232250 communique and the clear 60-103151 communique of Te Kai open the spy.But, using under the situation of iron filings as source of iron, because contained Al concentration instability in the iron filings, so Al guarantee value<0.20 quality %.Therefore, the high-purity ferroboron of the low Al of commercial acquisition in the past is owing to require Al guarantee value<0.025 quality %, thus make source of iron with electrolytic iron, so cost an arm and a leg.
For low cost obtains the ferro-boron that iron-based non-crystalline alloy is used, though it is low to disclose B concentration, the method for not using the smelting reduction process of electric furnace to make.Open the method that to disclose with shaft furnace in the clear 58-77509 communique be the ferro-boron of number quality % with the also original simultaneously B of the acquisition concentration of iron ore and boron oxide the spy.Open to disclose in the clear 58-197252 communique with the hot metal ladle refining furnace the spy boron oxide and reductive agent are added in the molten steel together, reduction-oxidation boron obtains the method for B concentration for the ferro-boron of number quality %.
But when using these method, unreduced boron oxide remains in the slag, and the utilization ratio of B is low; And boron oxide is the raw material of comparison costliness, so these methods of use have improved cost on the contrary.In addition, owing in recent years severization is more stipulated in the protection of environment, handle the expense that the slag that contains B needs great number, so these methods more and more become expensive method.These methods are considered to reducing Al content effect is arranged, but do not reach the purpose of the cost degradation of imagination originally.Therefore, these methods still can not be carried out commercial applications at present.
On the other hand, the steel of current production in enormous quantities can create through continuous casting process owing to productivity height, cost are low.In continuous casting technique,, make killed steel in order to suppress the generation of gas.In the steel of producing in enormous quantities, generally adopt Al to make reductor, thereby contain the Al of certain degree in the steel.Therefore, think that the steel of producing in enormous quantities can not be used for mother alloy that iron-based non-crystalline alloy uses and as the source of iron of the high-purity ferroboron of its raw material.
Yet, in the steel that a part is produced in enormous quantities, Si, Mn etc. as reductor, in addition, along with the progress of refining techniques, also can be produced the low steel of Al content with the Al deoxidation in large quantity.
Open flat 9-263914 communique, spy the spy and open that disclose in the 2001-279387 communique need not expensive electrolytic iron, and the steel that will obtain through common process for making is as the manufacture method of the low mother alloy of the price of dilution source of iron.That is, as impurity, % represents with quality, when containing P:0.008-0.1%, Mn:0.15-0.5%, S:0.004-0.05%, because the existence of this micro-P, even if the content of Mn and S reaches this degree, the performance of the strip that casting is come out can not produce deterioration yet.
In addition, the spy opens the manufacture method that discloses the iron-based non-crystalline alloy strip in the 2002-220646 communique, though this method with the casting after strip as target, but by in limited compositing range, adding the P of specified range energetically, even each position unshakable in one's determination produces non-uniform temperature in annealing, also can in big temperature range, bring into play the little good magnetic property of fluctuation.This alloy also can be allowed the Mn and the S of above-mentioned degree, also can be with common steel as the dilution source of iron.
Preferred embodiment
The steel that high-purity ferroboron manufacture method employing of the present invention obtains in common steel making technology is as the source of iron of raw material, and the Al content of this steel is at 0.03 quality % or following.Other raw materials are that the carbon of the boron source of boron oxide, boric acid etc. and coke, charcoal, fine powder charcoal etc. is reductive agent.These raw materials fusion reducing furnace of packing into is made ferro-boron.As fusion reducing furnace, consider from the angle of production efficiency and cost, preferably adopt electric furnace.
Owing to can not use expensive electrolytic iron to use the steel of inexpensive production in enormous quantities as source of iron, therefore can make cheap ferro-boron.The steel that uses both can be to cast the casting sheet of coming out with casting continuously after the refining furnace refinings such as converter, electric furnace etc., also can be further through hot rolling or the cold rolling steel plate of making.Even if with the steel of Al deoxidation, as long as Al content at 0.03 quality % or following, also can be used as source of iron.The steel lower with the Al content of deoxidations such as Si, Mn also can use.
Experimental result shows, though with Al content be the Mn deoxidized steel of 0.001 quality % as source of iron owing to sneak into Al from reductive agent etc., the Al content of the ferro-boron that is obtained sometimes also can be up to 0.02 quality %.As long as will with Al content be the steel below the 0.03 quality % make source of iron high-purity ferroboron as raw material, just can stably make iron-based non-crystalline alloy with excellent magnetic matter and mechanical properties.
The high-purity ferroboron that obtains with the inventive method except above-mentioned points can also be as uses such as the raw material of magneticsubstance and steel-making additives.
Secondly, iron-based non-crystalline alloy of the present invention is the method that source of iron is diluted in adding and auxiliary material carries out the composition adjustment in according to the high-purity ferroboron of the invention described above method manufacturing with the manufacture method of mother alloy.As the dilution source of iron, can not use expensive electrolytic iron and use the steel of the production in enormous quantities that the refining furnace by steel making technology obtains, in this case, the Al content of preferred steel is 0.006 quality % or following.Auxiliary material is the raw material of the moiety of Si, C etc. and target iron-based non-crystalline alloy.High-purity ferroboron can use the molten state thing that obtains according to aforesaid method, also solids can be melted.Can use high frequency induction furnace during fusing.
The one-tenth of mother alloy be grouped into to be grouped into the one-tenth of target iron-based non-crystalline alloy consistent in fact.During manufacturing, cooperate and form known raw material, to obtain the moiety of regulation.Experimental result shows that the analytical results of the mother alloy of manufacturing departs from predefined predetermined component hardly and forms.
When the one-tenth of setting mother alloy is grouped into, with regard to main components such as Fe, B decision material fiting ratio.At this moment, for Al content, should be set below the tolerance for the amorphous alloy that can stably obtain to have premium properties.In this occasion, because the Al content of high-purity ferroboron can be above the maximum level 0.03% of the steel that uses as source of iron, the Al content that therefore can make mother alloy after diluting by the Al content of decision dilution source of iron is below above-mentioned tolerance.
As long as experimental result shows, even contain Al in the steel of dilution source of iron, but at 0.006 quality % or following, all stably obtains good performance for the nearly all iron-based non-crystalline alloy as target.
High-purity ferroboron manufacturing process of the present invention is to reach under the temperature more than 1600 ℃ in ferro-boron molten metal temperature that oxygen blast gas carries out decarburization in this liquation, B content is reduced and method that C content is reduced.
The present inventor makes the condition of C content reduction by in the method for oxygen blast gas in the molten metal of the high ferro-boron of C content to B content is reduced, carry out discussion and experimental study on the intensive thermodynamics, has finished the present invention thus.
Judging the reduction difficulty of oxide compound easily, say it on the contrary, when the oxidation difficulty of pure substance, adopt the Ellingham phasor widely.On this figure, intersect at about 1900 ° of B of K place and C.In view of the above, metal B is more stable at high temperature side, and C then becomes CO; And at low temperature side, C is comparatively stable, and B then becomes boron oxide.In fact, the temperature of the intersection point that stability reverses depends on the activity of the B among the Fe-B-C and activity, oxygen partial pressure, the CO dividing potential drop of C, is difficult to correctly try to achieve from thermodynamics.
The present inventor obtains the temperature of the intersection point that stability reverses by experiment at the molten metal of the ferro-boron of reality, obtains the condition that adapts to real operation, thereby has finished the ferro-boron manufacturing process of the invention described above.
In the invention described above method, the liquation of ferro-boron preferably obtains with the electric furnace melting and reducing.Its reason is utilization ratio height and the productivity height of the B of costliness.This molten metal also can be to solidify afterwards melt metal liquation once more with the molten metal that the electric furnace melting and reducing obtains.Be melted in once more that to need to make certain ferro-boron that C content reduces and other ferro-borons to separate under the situation of manufacturing be useful.
In addition, in electric furnace process, when the B content in the molten metal was high, unit power consumption rose; Because when B content surpassed 10 quality %, unit power consumption sharply rose, so the preferred 10 quality % or following of B content.
High-purity ferroboron of the present invention as mentioned above, can contain 0.03 quality % or following Al when containing 0.02 quality % or above P.In addition, can contain 0.03 quality % or following Al and 0.03 quality % or following Ti.B content is also unrestricted, and the B content in the commercially available common ferro-boron is more than 10 quality %, and this kind degree gets final product.
With regard to B content, be used under the situation of iron-based non-crystalline alloy, because can be diluted by the interpolation of auxiliary materials such as Si, can be set at higher than the B content of the amorphous alloy of target, under Fe-B-Si-P system the situation as target lower, 5 quality % or above getting final product with B content.Further, also have sometimes, promptly make the situation of the raw material that auxiliary material that steel uses or magneticsubstance use as the amorphous alloy of high B and as other purposes; So consider from the viewpoint of commerce, in order to suppress inventory cost, to be diverted to these purposes for making it, B content preferably 10 quality % or more than.
P content will 0.02 quality % or more than.When making ferro-boron, owing to also can sneak into P, so, allow higher slightly than the P content of source of iron as described in the following embodiment 1 from reductive agents such as boron source such as boron oxide or charcoals with electric furnace process.But, the weight maximum of the source of iron in the electric furnace process, just a small amount of from the P that other raw materials are sneaked into.In the occasion of making source of iron with electrolytic iron, the P that sneaks into inevitably is generally 0.005-0.019 quality %.Therefore, the P content of ferro-boron of the present invention be defined in 0.02 quality % or more than.In addition, though, be up to 5 quality % usually to P content and no maximum regulation.
The Al tolerable reaches 0.03 quality %.Experimental result shows, in the iron-based non-crystalline alloy that adds P energetically, as described in embodiment 2 and 3, even if contain the Al of such degree in the ferro-boron, the Al content of mother alloy also reduces, and can stably obtain to have the amorphous alloy of excellent magnetic matter and mechanical properties.
Ti content also reaches 0.03 quality % with same reason tolerable.Ti and Al can contain simultaneously, and its content tolerable respectively reaches 0.03 quality %.
Secondly, the inventive method when making the ferro-boron of the invention described above, is not used electrolytic iron, will limit P, the Al of this steel and the content of Ti with the steel of common steel making technology acquisition as source of iron.As refining furnace, can use converter and electric furnace; And said steel can be the steel of continuous casting.
P is the impurity element that the character to steel produces a very large impact; Have and take off P up hill and dale to being lower than 0.01 quality %, for example the steel grade of tens ppm allows that in addition P reaches 0.01 quality % or above steel grade.Before a kind of steel in order to prevent when the oxidation refining, become P that oxide compound enters slag and return again and return the P phenomenon in the molten steel, the amount of slag that needs is than afterwards a kind of steel is many, thereby takes off P cost height.For this reason, take off P is not suitable for ferro-boron to the steel grade that is lower than 0.01 quality % the purpose that reduces cost.Therefore, the P content of the steel of source of iron will 0.01 quality % or more than.And as mentioned above, when making ferro-boron, also can sneak into from other raw materials, P can reach more than the 0.02 quality %.
Al and Ti use as reductor when the refining of steel, add as neccessary composition in a part of steel grade.Also can be with steel owing to Al content is increased as the ferro-boron of source of iron with the low Al of Si and Mn deoxidation.In addition, being in the Al deoxidized steel of the 0.03 quality % ferro-boron during as source of iron with Al content, confirm that Al content reduces slightly.Ti also has tendency together.Therefore, can allow that Al and Ti content as the steel of source of iron reach 0.03 quality % respectively.
Secondly, the manufacture method of iron-based non-crystalline alloy of the present invention is the method for casting with freezing method rapidly according to the molten metal of the mother alloy of the invention described above method manufacturing.The molten metal of mother alloy can be with mother alloy fusion and the material that obtains also can be the material according to the molten state of above-mentioned manufacturing once more with high frequency induction furnace etc.
According to the inventive method can Production Example as being that Al content is strip below the 0.005 quality % in the iron-based non-crystalline alloy at Fe-B-Si-C-P.This strip has good magnetic property.
Can adopt single-roller method and double roller therapy as emergency cooling solidification method.
Embodiment 1
With 4 kinds of sources of iron, boron oxide and carbon shown in the table 1 is the reductive agent furnace melting, makes ferro-boron.Various sources of iron are through taking off the S operation, taking off the Si operation and take off the P operation and take off the C operation and the steel made with converter oxygen blowing by blase furnace cast iron.Steel grade A Si and Mn deoxidation, steel grade B and D Mn deoxidation, steel grade C Al deoxidation.After various steel are made slab through continuous casting, make the coils of hot rolled of the about 3mm of thickness of slab again by hot rolling, cut out the square plate of length of side number centimetre from various coils of hot rolled, put it into electric furnace with shears.
As electric furnace, making electric power is the 3 phase Heroult formula electric furnaces of 600KVA.The operation of electric furnace was carried out 8 days continuously, the per two days order replacing sources of iron according to B, D, A, C.Tapping is about 2 hours at interval, is used for analyzing with not changing the ferro-boron of time in source of iron.
The cooperation of raw material begins operation by the initial proportioning shown in the table 2; Change during stable operation and be the proportioning after stable.
The analytical value of the ferro-boron of making is shown in the No.1-No.4 of table 3.With steel grade A, the B of low Al, ferro-boron that D makes source of iron owing to sneaked into Al from reductive agent, so Al content is increased to some extent, but still at 0.03 quality % or following.With Al content is the ferro-boron that the steel grade C of 0.03 quality % makes source of iron, owing to Al enters Al content is reduced slightly.T.Al in the table represents the aggregate value of metal A l and compd A l.
The various ferro-borons of the No.1-No.4 of table 3 all are to contain Al as impurity, and its content is made the result of mother alloy and then casting iron-base amorphous alloy at 0.03 quality % or following with it as raw material; No matter can both make strip with good magnetism performance as described below with any alloy.
Embodiment 2
Below the embodiment of ferro-boron is made in explanation with induction furnace.Steel grade A shown in the 950g table 1 is packed in the crucible as reductive agent as slag former and 300g carbon material as source of iron, 20gCaO, in induction furnace, heat, remain on 1700 ℃.Then boron oxide 600g is added in the crucible from top, remain on 1700 ℃.During from the input boron oxide, stop induction heating after 60 minutes, analyze the ferro-boron that the cooling back obtains.Its result is shown in the No.5 of table 3.
Impurity A l in this example and Ti are seldom.Though,, still can be used as the raw material use of iron-based non-crystalline alloy with mother alloy through with the ferro-boron combination of the low C of high B-etc. than low, the C content height of B content of the No.1-No.4 that makes with electric furnace.
Embodiment 3
The No.1-No.4 ferro-boron of the table 3 that will obtain in embodiment 1, dilution source of iron and melt with high frequency induction furnace as FeP, carbonaceous material and the Si of auxiliary material are made the iron-based non-crystalline alloy mother alloy of Fe-B-Si-P system.The product of emitting after coagulation among the embodiment 1 is pulverized, it is used as ferro-boron.The dilution source of iron is to use the steel grade A-D of the table 1 that uses at embodiment 1.
In high frequency furnace, so that the main component of mother alloy becomes prescribed value ground batching, the raw material of working good is heated up until fusing fully, insulation reaches uniform state, then through supersolidification, pulverizing, gets its part and is analyzed as sample.
Raw material with the ferro-boron FeB-A of the No.1 of table 3 during as raw material cooperates and is illustrated in table 4.Mother alloy A-A is an example of making the situation of dilution source of iron with steel grade A, and mother alloy A-C is an example of making the situation of dilution raw material with steel grade C.
Composition analysis value with the routine mother alloy that obtains of this cooperation is shown in table 5.The main component analytical value of table 5 does not almost depart from predefined value, can confirm to have obtained to cooperate consistent composition with raw material.
Al content as impurity among the mother alloy A-A is 0.0050 quality % or following, is fit to do iron-based non-crystalline alloy and uses.But the Al content height of mother alloy A-C, and Ti content is also high, is not suitable as iron-based non-crystalline alloy and uses.
When making the dilution source of iron with steel grade A, steel grade B, steel grade D, during among the No.1 of the table 3 of ferro-boron, No.2, No.4, the No.5 any, the Al content of mother alloy is fit to do iron-based non-crystalline alloy and uses all at 0.0050 quality % or following.But when making the dilution source of iron with steel grade C (No.3), the Al content height of the mother alloy that is obtained is not suitable as iron-based non-crystalline alloy and uses.
Embodiment 4
The mother alloy A-A of the table 5 that will obtain at embodiment 3 melts once more, use the single-roller method quench solidification, and the manufacturing strip is estimated its magnetic property as core material.In addition, the analytical results of strip composition shows that the composition with mother alloy does not depart from.In addition, carry out also can obtaining the strip consistent under the situation of composition adjustment even when melting once more, add auxiliary material with gradation composition.
Estimate when the magnetic property, it is long that strip is cut into 120mm, places 360 ℃ nitrogen atmosphere 1 hour, after the annealing, measured B with SST (veneer magnetic-measurement device) in magnetic field
80And iron loss.B
80Be the peakflux density of maximum externally-applied magnetic field when being 80A/m, iron loss is the value when peakflux density is 1.3T.The mensuration frequency is 50Hz.
Measurement result shows, has obtained B
80=1.44 high magnetic flux density, iron loss are low to moderate 0.063W/kg, have good interchange soft magnetic property, have reached practical requirement fully.
Table 1
Steel grade | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
A | Equal amount | 0.0033 | 0.7660 | 0.2550 | 0.0334 | 0.0051 | 0.0040 | 0.0003 |
B | Equal amount | 0.0026 | 0.0050 | 0.4300 | 0.0120 | 0.0190 | 0.0010 | 0.0003 |
C | Equal amount | 0.0010 | 0.0100 | 0.1000 | 0.0050 | 0.0050 | 0.0300 | 0.0300 |
D | Equal amount | 0.0040 | 0.0040 | 0.3400 | 0.0160 | 0.0080 | 0.0010 | 0.0004 |
Table 2
Raw material | Proportioning (mass parts) |
Initially | After stable |
Boron oxide | 657 | 657 |
Source of iron | 820 | 820 |
Charcoal | 190 | 368 |
Lime | 84 | 67 |
Metallurgical coke | 214 | - |
Table 3
No. | Ferro-boron | The raw material source of iron | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | B | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
1 | FeB-A | A | Equal amount | 15.3 | 0.3500 | 0.8580 | 0.2400 | 0.0350 | 0.0090 | 0.0230 | 0.0060 |
2 | FeB-B | B | Equal amount | 15.5 | 0.3300 | 0.3500 | 0.4500 | 0.0180 | 0.0220 | 0.0240 | 0.0050 |
3 | FeB-C | C | Equal amount | 15.1 | 0.3700 | 0.4500 | 0.1800 | 0.0150 | 0.0070 | 0.0290 | 0.0310 |
4 | FeB-D | D | Equal amount | 15.7 | 0.3200 | 0.4200 | 0.3900 | 0.0240 | 0.0140 | 0.0240 | 0.0080 |
5 | FeB-A2 | A | Equal amount | 3.42 | 4.7800 | 0.7700 | 0.2100 | 0.0240 | 0.0036 | 0.0040 | 0.0003 |
Table 4
Raw material | Proportioning (mass parts) |
Mother alloy A-A | Mother alloy A-C |
FeB-A | 929 | 929 |
The dilution source of iron | 5665 | 5622 |
FeP | 3300 | 3300 |
Carbonaceous material | 16.5 | 16.4 |
Si | 90.2 | 133 |
Table 5
Mother alloy | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | B | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
A-A | Equal amount | 1.4200 | 0.2450 | 1.4200 | 0.1550 | 5.9600 | 0.0050 | 0.0047 | 0.0011 |
A-C | Equal amount | 1.4200 | 0.2430 | 1.4200 | 0.0840 | 5.9500 | 0.0050 | 0.0190 | 0.0180 |
Embodiment 5
In order to try to achieve the lower limit temperature that when the ferro-boron of making low C, does not take off B, carried out the oxygen blowing experiment with induction furnace.With the steel grade A shown in the table 6, B content is that ferro-boron and the carbonaceous material of 18 quality % put into crucible, melts with induction furnace.According to initial molten metal weight is that the B content of 1000g, initial composition is that 4.0 quality %, C content are that the requirement of 2.4 quality % is prepared burden.The molten metal temperature is remained on 3 levels of 1500 ℃, 1600 ℃ and 1700 ℃, from stove top with 1 liter/minute flow oxygen supply blowing.Supplied chemical analysis every 5 minutes from the molten metal sampling.
Fig. 1 represents the variation with the oxygen blowing time of B content in the molten metal and C content.At 1500 ℃, B and C reduce simultaneously.Hence one can see that, and the temperature of the Thermodynamically stable sex reversal of B and C is promptly near this temperature.At 1600 ℃ and 1700 ℃, take off C and constantly carry out, and B content is fixed, do not take off the B reaction.
Embodiment 6
In order to confirm to make C and the low boron steel of Al content with low cost, make ferro-boron with electric furnace process, and carry out oxygen blowing.
With 4 kinds of sources of iron, boron oxide and carbon shown in the table 6 is the reductive agent furnace melting, makes ferro-boron.Various sources of iron be with blase furnace cast iron through taking off the S operation, take off the Si operation, oxygen blowing takes off P and takes off the C operation and the steel that obtains in converter.Steel grade A Si and Mn deoxidation, steel grade B and D Mn deoxidation, steel grade C Al deoxidation.Each steel grade all passes through continuous casting and makes slab, makes the coils of hot rolled of the about 3mm of thickness of slab then by hot rolling, is several centimetres square plate with shears from the various coils of hot rolled shearing length of sides again, puts it into electric furnace.
As electric furnace, making electricity capacity is the 3 phase Heroult formula electric arc furnace of 600KVA.The operation of electric furnace was carried out 16 days continuously.Making B content in 8 days early stages is the ferro-boron of 15-16 quality %, the per 2 days order replacing sources of iron according to B, D, A, C.Manufacturing B content is the ferro-boron about 9 quality % in 8 days later stages; Per 2 days order replacing sources of iron according to B, D, A, C.Accept to keep 1600 ℃ with high frequency induction furnace again with hot metal ladle, carry out oxygen blowing from the effusive ferro-boron molten metal of electric furnace.
Early stage 8 days average operation condition be voltage 45V, electric current 4000-5000A, tapping at interval about 2 hours short slightly, day output 2t/ days, unit power consumption 4.3kwh/kg-FeB.The average operation condition in 8 days later stages be voltage 45V, electric current 4000-5000A, tapping at interval about 1.5 hours long slightly, day output 2.2t/ days, unit power consumption 3.9kwh/kg-FeB.
The analytical results of the ferro-boron before the oxygen blowing is shown in Table 7, and the analytical results of the ferro-boron after the oxygen blowing is shown in Table 8.C content all reduces in all samples.In addition, also can confirm the subsidiary effect that the content of Al and Ti also reduces.In addition, the T.Al in the table represents the aggregate value of metal A l and compd A l.
From present embodiment as can be known, the ferro-boron molten metal that is provided by electric furnace is provided the practice with oxygen blast minimizing C content.As the source of iron that is used for electric furnace process, can adopt any among steel grade A~D that converter process makes.In addition, from the unit power consumption of unit product weight as can be known, the product that the B concentration in the ferro-boron is low is favourable on the cost of electric energy.
Embodiment 7
Confirm, after will emitting according to the ferro-boron that electric furnace process obtains, even if solidify for the moment, by melting once more and carrying out oxygen blast and also can take off C.That is, will keep 1600 ℃, carry out oxygen blast in 8 kinds of ferro-boron fusions once more that are shown in Table 7 of implementing to obtain in 6.Even if in this case, the B content in the ferro-boron is not reduced, and make C content be reduced to 0.1 quality % or following.
Embodiment 8
In order to confirm to be suitable for making iron-based non-crystalline alloy with mother alloy and then manufacturing iron-based non-crystalline alloy by the ferro-boron of the inventive method manufacturing, in ferro-boron, add dilution source of iron and auxiliary material, made mother alloy.
The ferro-boron that will obtain at embodiment 6, dilution source of iron, Fep, carbonaceous material and Si as auxiliary material melt with high frequency induction furnace, have made the iron-based non-crystalline alloy mother alloy of Fe-B-Si-P system.Ferro-boron is the product of tapping coagulum through pulverizing among the embodiment 6.The dilution source of iron is used the steel grade A~D of table 6.
In high frequency induction furnace, so that becoming prescribed value, the main component of mother alloy prepares burden, heat up until fusing fully, keep temperature until mixing, then product is solidified, pulverizes, get its part and analyze as sample.
Batching example with the ferro-boron FeB-A9-O in the table 8 during as raw material is shown in Table 9.Mother alloy FeB-A9-O-A is the example when making the dilution source of iron with steel grade A; Mother alloy FeB-A9-O-C is the example when making the dilution raw material with steel grade C.
The composition analysis of the mother alloy that obtains with this batching example the results are shown in the table 10.The analytical value of table 10 does not almost have deviation with predefined value, has confirmed can obtain and the consistent composition of preparing burden.
Mother alloy FeB-A9-P-O-A, low as the Al content of impurity, be suitable for doing iron-based non-crystalline alloy and use.But the steel grade C that use Al content is high makes the Al content height of the mother alloy FeB-A9-O-C of dilution source of iron, and Ti content is also high, is not suitable for doing iron-based non-crystalline alloy and uses.
With the situation of steel grade A, steel grade B, steel grade D do dilution source of iron, no matter use any ferro-boron in the table 8, the Al content of resulting mother alloy is suitable as iron-based non-crystalline alloy and uses all at 0.0050 quality % or following.But with the situation of steel grade C do dilution source of iron, the Al content of the mother alloy that is obtained is all high, is not suitable as iron-based non-crystalline alloy and uses.
Embodiment 9
Ferro-boron, iron-based non-crystalline alloy mother alloy in order to confirm to make according to the inventive method are applicable to the manufacturing iron-based non-crystalline alloy, make amorphous alloy with emergency cooling solidification method by mother alloy.
To melt once more at the mother alloy FeB-A9-O-A of the table of implementing to obtain in 8 10, use the single-roller method quench solidification, make strip, its magnetic property as core material is estimated.The analytical results of strip composition and the composition of mother alloy and zero deflection.And add auxiliary material when melting again and carry out composition when adjusting, also can obtain the strip consistent with food ingredient.
When estimating magnetic property, it is long that strip is cut off into 120mm, placed in 360 ℃ the nitrogen atmosphere 1 hour, after the annealing, measured B with SST (veneer magnetic measurement device) in magnetic field
80And iron loss.B
80Be the peakflux density of maximum externally-applied magnetic field when being 80A/m, iron loss is the value when peakflux density is 1.3T.The mensuration frequency is 50Hz.
Measurement result shows, has obtained to have B
80The high magnetic flux density of=1.44T, iron loss are low to moderate 0.063w/kg, have good interchange soft magnetic performance, have fully reached practical requirement.
Table 6
Steel grade | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
A | Equal amount | 0.0033 | 0.7660 | 0.2550 | 0.0334 | 0.0051 | 0.0040 | 0.0003 |
B | Equal amount | 0.0026 | 0.0050 | 0.4300 | 0.0120 | 0.0190 | 0.0010 | 0.0003 |
C | Equal amount | 0.0010 | 0.0100 | 0.1000 | 0.0050 | 0.0050 | 0.0300 | 0.0300 |
D | Equal amount | 0.0040 | 0.0040 | 0.3400 | 0.0160 | 0.0080 | 0.0010 | 0.0004 |
Table 7
Ferro-boron | The raw material source of iron | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | B | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
FeB-A | A | Equal amount | 15.3 | 0.3500 | 0.8580 | 0.2400 | 0.0350 | 0.0090 | 0.0230 | 0.0060 |
FeB-B | B | Equal amount | 15.5 | 0.3300 | 0.3500 | 0.4500 | 0.0180 | 0.0220 | 0.0240 | 0.0050 |
FeB-C | C | Equal amount | 15.1 | 0.3700 | 0.4500 | 0.1800 | 0.0150 | 0.0070 | 0.0290 | 0.0310 |
FeB-D | D | Equal amount | 15.7 | 0.3200 | 0.4200 | 0.3900 | 0.0240 | 0.0140 | 0.0240 | 0.0080 |
FeB-A9 | A | Equal amount | 9.2 | 0.6500 | 0.8350 | 0.2100 | 0.0250 | 0.0080 | 0.0220 | 0.0050 |
FeB-B9 | B | Equal amount | 8.7 | 0.7000 | 0.3400 | 0.4300 | 0.0140 | 0.0210 | 0.0230 | 0.0050 |
FeB-C9 | C | Equal amount | 9.1 | 0.6600 | 0.4600 | 0.1500 | 0.0130 | 0.0070 | 0.0290 | 0.0290 |
FeB-D9 | D | Equal amount | 8.6 | 0.7400 | 0.4300 | 0.3600 | 0.0230 | 0.0120 | 0.0230 | 0.0070 |
Table 8
Ferro-boron | The raw material source of iron | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | B | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
FeB-A-O | A | Equal amount | 15.4 | 0.0500 | 0.8450 | 0.2300 | 0.0290 | 0.0060 | 0.0080 | 0.0030 |
FeB-B-O | B | Equal amount | 15.3 | 0.0600 | 0.3420 | 0.4600 | 0.0170 | 0.0180 | 0.0120 | 0.0040 |
FeB-C-O | C | Equal amount | 15.4 | 0.0700 | 0.4200 | 0.2000 | 0.0150 | 0.0070 | 0.0090 | 0.0140 |
FeB-D-O | D | Equal amount | 15.6 | 0.0600 | 0.4120 | 0.4200 | 0.0220 | 0.0120 | 0.0100 | 0.0040 |
FeB-A9-O | A | Equal amount | 9.1 | 0.0800 | 0.8240 | 0.1700 | 0.0240 | 0.0070 | 0.0070 | 0.0030 |
FeB-B9-O | B | Equal amount | 8.8 | 0.0600 | 0.3260 | 0.3900 | 0.0120 | 0.0180 | 0.0090 | 0.0040 |
FeB-C9-O | C | Equal amount | 8.9 | 0.0700 | 0.4460 | 0.1800 | 0.0110 | 0.0060 | 0.0080 | 0.0090 |
FeB-D9-O | D | Equal amount | 8.7 | 0.0500 | 0.4200 | 0.3200 | 0.0180 | 0.0090 | 0.0070 | 0.0050 |
Table 9
Raw material | Proportioning (mass parts) |
Mother alloy FeB-A9-O-A | Mother alloy FeB-A9-O-C |
FeB-A9-O | 1560 | 1560 |
The dilution source of iron | 5035 | 4990 |
FeP | 3295 | 3305 |
Carbonaceous material | 18.3 | 18.4 |
Si | 89.9 | 128 |
Table 10
Mother alloy | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | B | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
FeB-A9-O-A | Equal amount | 1.4200 | 0.2400 | 1.4200 | 0.1450 | 5.9500 | 0.0050 | 0.0034 | 0.0009 |
FeB-A9-O-C | Equal amount | 1.4200 | 0.2400 | 1.4200 | 0.0820 | 5.9600 | 0.0050 | 0.0160 | 0.0160 |
Implement 10
With 2 kinds of sources of iron, boron oxide and carbon in the table 11 is the reductive agent furnace melting, makes ferro-boron.Various sources of iron are blase furnace cast irons through taking off the S operation, take off the Si operation, carrying out oxygen blowing take off P and take off the C operation and the steel made in converter.Steel grade A Si and Mn deoxidation, steel grade B Mn deoxidation.Slab is made through continuous casting in the various steel capital, makes the coils of hot rolled of the about 3mm of thickness then by hot rolling, and shearing out the length of side with shears from coils of hot rolled again is several centimetres square plate, uses as source of iron with this.
As electric furnace, making electricity capacity is the 3 phase Heroult formula electric furnaces of 600KVA.The operation of electric furnace was carried out 4 days continuously, according to the order of B, A, and per 2 days replacing sources of iron.Tapping is about 2 hours at interval; The ferro-boron when source of iron is changed not is used for analyzing.The cooperation of raw material begins operation with the initial proportioning shown in the table 12, when stable operation, is replaced with the proportioning after the stabilization.
The analytical value of the ferro-boron that makes is shown in table 13.When being source of iron when being source of iron with steel grade A and with steel grade B, Al content is all at 0.024 quality % or following, and the Ti quality is all at 0.008 quality % or following; Abundant high purity with ferro-boron of using as amorphous alloy.The Al of ferro-boron and the analytical value of Ti be than the analog value height of the source of iron steel grade shown in the table 12, and this is because the cause of sneaking into from boron oxide and reductive agent.T.Al in the table is the aggregate value of metal A l and compd A l.
Embodiment 11
The ferro-boron of the table 13 that will obtain at embodiment 10, dilution source of iron, FeP, carbonaceous material and Si as auxiliary material melt with high frequency induction furnace, make the iron-based non-crystalline alloy mother alloy.Pulverize afterwards as ferro-boron emitting the product that solidifies among the embodiment 10.Each steel grade of table 11 is sheared similarly to Example 10, and products therefrom is as the dilution source of iron.
In high frequency induction furnace prepare burden so that the main component of mother alloy becomes prescribed value, be warming up to fully fusing, be incubated mix after, solidify, pulverize, get its part and make sample, analyze.
The raw material of (combination A-A) cooperates and is illustrated in the table 14 when making ferro-boron and making the dilution source of iron with the steel grade A of table 11 with the FeB of table 13.In addition, the composition analysis value with the routine mother alloy A-A that obtains of this cooperation is shown in Table 15.The main component analytical value of having confirmed table 15 almost with predefined prescribed value zero deflection, obtained and composition that batching is consistent.
The A-A of mother alloy shown in the table 15, Al content and Ti content are low, are suitable as iron-based non-crystalline alloy and use.In addition,, also can obtain Al and Ti content and be fit to the mother alloy that iron-based non-crystalline alloy uses as ferro-boron with the combination B-A of steel grade A with FeB-B as the dilution source of iron.
The Al content of the mother alloy of combination A-B when making the dilution source of iron with steel grade B and combination B-B is 0.0050 quality % or following, also is suitable as the mother alloy that iron-based non-crystalline alloy is used.
Embodiment 12
To melt once more at the mother alloy A-A that embodiment 11 obtains, make strip, carried out magnetic property evaluation as core material with the single-roller method quench solidification.In addition, the analytical results of strip composition shows, with the composition zero deflection of mother alloy, even and if add auxiliary material when melting once more and carry out composition when adjusting, also can obtain the strip consistent with gradation composition.
When estimating magnetic property, it is long that strip is cut into 120mm, placed in 360 ℃ the nitrogen atmosphere 1 hour, after the annealing, measured B with SST (veneer magnetic measurement device) in magnetic field
80And iron loss, B
80Be the peakflux density of maximum externally-applied magnetic field when being 80A/m, iron loss is the value when peakflux density is 1.3T.The mensuration frequency is 50Hz.
Measurement result shows, has obtained B
80The high magnetic flux density of=1.44T, iron loss are low to moderate 0.063W/kg, have good interchange soft magnetic performance, have reached practical requirement fully.
Table 11
Steel grade | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
A | Equal amount | 0.0033 | 0.7660 | 0.2550 | 0.0334 | 0.0051 | 0.0040 | 0.0003 |
B | Equal amount | 0.0040 | 0.0040 | 0.3400 | 0.0160 | 0.0080 | 0.0010 | 0.0004 |
Table 12
Raw material | Proportioning (mass parts) |
Initially | After stable |
Boron oxide | 657 | 657 |
Source of iron | 820 | 820 |
Charcoal | 190 | 368 |
Lime | 84 | 67 |
Metallurgical coke | 214 | - |
Table 13
Ferro-boron | The raw material source of iron | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | B | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
FeB-A | A | Equal amount | 15.3 | 0.3500 | 0.8580 | 0.2400 | 0.0350 | 0.0090 | 0.0230 | 0.0060 |
FeB-B | B | Equal amount | 15.7 | 0.3200 | 0.4200 | 0.3900 | 0.0240 | 0.0140 | 0.0240 | 0.0080 |
Table 14
Raw material | Proportioning (mass parts) |
FeB-A | 929 |
Dilution source of iron (steel grade A) | 5665 |
FeP | 3300 |
Carbonaceous material | 16.5 |
Si | 90.2 |
Table 15
Mother alloy | Composition (quality %) |
Fe | B | C | Si | Mn | P | S | T.Al | Ti |
A-A | Equal amount | 1.4200 | 0.2450 | 1.4200 | 0.1550 | 5.9600 | 0.0050 | 0.0047 | 0.0011 |