EP0142585B1 - Alliage et procédé pour la fabrication de fonte nodulaire et de fonte à graphite compact - Google Patents

Alliage et procédé pour la fabrication de fonte nodulaire et de fonte à graphite compact Download PDF

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EP0142585B1
EP0142585B1 EP83306977A EP83306977A EP0142585B1 EP 0142585 B1 EP0142585 B1 EP 0142585B1 EP 83306977 A EP83306977 A EP 83306977A EP 83306977 A EP83306977 A EP 83306977A EP 0142585 B1 EP0142585 B1 EP 0142585B1
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James Enoch Wells Iii
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  • This invention relates to an alloy of exceptional utility more particularly but not exclusively for producing ductile cast iron or compacted graphite cast irons, to a method of making the alloy to a process of treating cast iron with said alloy and also to ductile or compacted cast iron produced by the process.
  • Compacted graphite cast iron also known as vermicular graphite iron
  • the amount of magnesium retained in cast iron for this purpose is much less and of the order of about 0.015% to about 0.035% based on the weight of iron.
  • the magnesium causes the carbon in the cast iron to become more chunky and stubby but short of going over to the complete spheroidal form of ductile cast iron.
  • Compacted graphite cast iron has improved tensile strength compared to gray cast iron and may possess greater resistance to thermal shock and greater thermal conductivity than ductile cast iron.
  • Magnesium-nickel alloys have also been used but the exceptionally high nickel content in the alloy restricts the use to those special, limited cases where a high nickel cast iron is desired. Otherwise, the cost of nickel in the alloy makes it too expensive for general use in producing ordinary ductile and compacted graphite cast irons (see U.S. Patents 3,030,205; 3,544,312).
  • the use of coke and charcoal briquettes impregnated with magnesium U.S. Patents 3,290,142; 4,309,216
  • U.K. Patents 1,397,600; 2,066,297 While these may assist somewhat in reducing the loss of magnesium, special processing techniques are required for producing the specified structures and special handling techniques are required in the foundry.
  • Another drawback to prior art processes is the use of a single batch operation wherein the quantity of magnesium required for converting ordinary cast iron to ductile or compacted graphite iron is usually introduced in a single addition below the surface of the molten iron in a foundry ladle.
  • the magnesium alloy may be held in a plunging bell that is immersed below the surface of the molten iron or the alloy may be placed in the bottom of the ladle and covered with scrap in a sandwich technique or positioned in a submerged reaction chamber positioned in the gating system of a mold.
  • Some form of constraint is customarily used to prevent the high silicon-iron-magnesium alloy from floating on the surface of the molten bath.
  • U.S. 4396428 of the present applicants describes an alloy for production of cast irons containing 1 to 10% silicon, 0.5 to 4% magnesium, 0.05 to 2%, rare earth element(s) and 0.5 to 6.5% carbon, but no nickel content.
  • an iron alloy comprises by weight from 0.1 to 10% silicon, from 0.5 to 4% magnesium, and from 0.1 to 10% nickel.
  • the alloy is intended more particularly but not exclusively for treating molten iron to produce ductile cast iron containing nodular carbon, or compacted cast iron.
  • There may also be up to 2% by weight e.g. 0.1 to 2%, of one or more rare earth elements present in the alloy, with cerium preferably as the, or the predominant, rare earth metal present.
  • the balance of the alloy is preferably iron.
  • Carbon may also be present in the alloy e.g. in an amount from 0.5 to 6.5%. Small amounts of other elements such as calcium (0 to 0.05%) barium, or strontium and trace elements conventionally present in the raw materials used in producing the alloy. All percentages are based on the weight of the alloy.
  • Preferred alloys according to the invention are:
  • the alloys preferably have a density greater than that of the molten iron it may be used to treat, e.g. a density between 6.5 and 7.5 g/cm 3 .
  • a method of making an alloy as defined above comprises the steps of forming a molten bath of the constituents, maintaining the bath under superatmospheric pressure of an inert gas while reaction takes place and then rapidly solidifying the melt to form the iron alloy.
  • the inert gas pressure is preferably maintained at 3515 to 5273 g/cm 2 gauge while reaction takes place.
  • the proportion of the metal constituents are preferably adjusted to produce an iron alloy with a density from 6.5 to 7.5 g/cm3.
  • a method of producing ductile or compacted irons comprises the steps of holding carbon containing molten iron, adding to the molten iron an alloy as defined above, continuing to hold the molten iron and alloy together and thereafter adding more of the said alloy to establish the desired chemical composition of the iron.
  • the iron and the alloy may be held, e.g. until reaction between the magnesium and iron has taken place.
  • the method may involve holding the materials in a vessel such as a furnace vessel.
  • the method may further comprise
  • the invention also extends to ductile or compacted graphite cast irons and casting thereof produced by any of the above defined methods.
  • the molten cast iron to be treated with magnesium may be held in a furnace or foundry ladle while the alloy is periodically added to the molten iron over an extended period of time as compared to conventional foundry practices.
  • the alloy may be judiciously added periodically in predetermined amounts to establish and maintain the desired chemical composition of the melt at a given temperature.
  • the periodic addition of the alloy can also be timed to make up for such magnesium that may be vaporized from the melt during the holding period of time.
  • the melt may be desulphurized which is of advantage in those cases where the molten cast iron has a relatively high sulphur content which may inhibit nodulation or compaction of the carbon.
  • an additional quantity of molten cast iron to be treated with magnesium may be added to the bath to provide a .semi-continuous process or the magnesium-nickel-silicon-iron alloy may be added to a flowing stream of molten cast iron to establish a continuous treatment process.
  • Another advantage of the process of the invention is that it provides a ready supply of molten ductile or compacted graphite cast irons and it reduces the handling of materials in the foundry.
  • the very low amount of silicon in the alloy is of particular advantage in that scrap metals of relatively high silicon content may be used in the cast iron melt, and still provide a final product with a commercially acceptable level of silicon. Excess silicon in the final ductile or compacted graphite cast iron tends to give the iron low impact characteristics which are undesirable in some applications.
  • the high concentration of iron in the alloy of the present invention is of further advantage for increasing the density of the alloy which reduces the tendency to float with a concurrent reduction in pyrotechnics and increased recovery of magnesium in the molten iron.
  • Conventional magnesium alloys containing twenty-five and more percent by weight of silicon have a density of about 3.5 to about 4.5 g/cm 3 which does not provide the advantages and flexibility of the low silicon alloy of the present invention.
  • molten cast iron has a density of about 6.0 to 6.5 g/cm 3 whereas the alloy of the present invention may have a density from about 6.5 g/cm 3 to about 7.5 g/cm 3 achieved by selecting the proper proportion of ingredients within the specified ranges in known manner for the selected alloy density.
  • an alloy of the present invention containing from about 0.9 to about 2.0% magnesium, from about 3.0 to about 6.0% carbon, from about 3.0 to about 6.0% silicon and up to about 0.6% nickel and optionally from about 0.1 to about 2.0% cerium and/or other rare earth elements (all in percent by weight) and balance of iron will have a density of about 7.0 ⁇ 0.5 g/cm 3 .
  • the low magnesium content of the alloy of this invention materially contributes to a high recovery of magnesium in the treated molten cast iron accompanied by a highly desirable reduction in pyrotechnics.
  • the high and relatively consistent recoveries resulting from the low magnesium content of the alloy also facilitate control of the amount of magnesium retained in the melt which assists in providing the proper amount of magnesium within the narrow range required to produce compacted graphite cast iron.
  • Nickel is important since it assists in achieving a high recovery of magnesium in the molten cast iron and the low nickel content of the alloy keeps the input of nickel in the ductile and compacted graphite cast irons at acceptable levels.
  • the nickel is also of advantage in preparing the alloy in that it provides a high level of recovery of magnesium in the alloy.
  • the cerium and/or other rare earth element content of the alloy counteracts the deleterious effect of tramp elements such as lead, bismuth, titanium and antimony which tend to inhibit nodulization of graphite that precipitates from the melt for production of ductile cast iron.
  • the cerium and/or other rare earth elements also have nucleating and nodulizing effects in the melt and a tendency to reduce the formation of undesirable carbides in ductile cast iron.
  • Cerium is the preferred rare earth element.
  • the alloy of the present invention may be made in conventional manner with conventional materials known in the art.
  • the vessel in which the alloy is formed is held under a pressure of an inert gas such as argon at about 3515 to 5273 g/cm 2 gauge (50 to 75 p.s.i.g.).
  • an inert gas such as argon at about 3515 to 5273 g/cm 2 gauge (50 to 75 p.s.i.g.).
  • Conventionally available magnesium scrap, magnesium silicide or magnesium metal may be used in producing the alloy.
  • the rare earth elements may be introduced as elements per se into the alloy, or mischmetal may be employed, or cerium metal or cerium or rare earth silicides may be used.
  • Silicon metal, ferrosilicon, silicon carbide and ordinary pig iron or steel scrap may be used in producing the alloy.
  • Nickel scrap, nickel metal per se or nickel bearing alloys may be used in producing the alloy of the present invention.
  • the amounts of raw materials are controlled in known manner to form an alloy
  • the alloys of the present invention may be produced in a tilting induction furnace having a graphite receiver mounted in a sealed and horizontal position on top of the induction furnace enclosed inside an outer pressure vessel. After the alloy melt is formed, the induction furnace is rotated to pour the melt into the receiver which has thereby been rotated into a vertical position. While the apparatus and process described in the copending application is of great advantage in producing the alloy of this invention, it need not be used and conventional apparatus may be employed.
  • the alloys of the present invention may be produced in conventional apparatus by charging the following ingredients into a suitable vessel where the ingredients were heated to 1350°C while held under argon gas pressure of 5273 g/cm 2 gauge (75 p.s.i.g.) for three minutes. Thereupon, the melt was rapidly solidified by pouring into a cylindrical graphite chill mold dish 200 mm (8 inches) in diameter.
  • the alloy exhibited an exceptionally high recovery of magnesium in the charge.
  • the magnesium recovery was 79% by weight, 67% by weight of magnesium was recovered in alloy 2314-57 and 60% by weight of the magnesium charge was recovered in alloy 2314-54.
  • the magnesium in the alloy of the present invention is retained as a fine dispersion or separate phase within the iron-carbon-silicon matrix. Since the magnesium exists as a fine dispersion in the alloy, the interaction between the magnesium and the molten cast iron being treated in the foundry takes place at a multitude of locations. The advantage of such dissolution of magnesium in the foundry melt is that a higher recovery of magnesium in the treated cast iron is achieved as compared to conventional magnesium ferrosilicon alloys.
  • Any desired procedure may be used in treating molten cast iron with the alloy of the present invention to produce ductile or compacted graphite cast irons such as the known sandwich method, pour-over technique, positioning the alloy within a reaction chamber inside a mold, adding the alloy to a stream of molten cast iron or to a bath of molten cast iron in a furnace or foundry ladle.
  • the alloy may be introduced into the molten cast iron to be treated in molten form under pressure or in solid particulate form or as bars or ingots and the like depending on the foundry process at hand.
  • the amount of alloy added to the cast iron to be treated may be varied in known manner depending on the selected composition for the final product.
  • the amount of alloy added to molten cast iron is sufficient to retain from about 0.015 to 0.035% magnesium by weight of the treated iron to produce compacted graphite cast irons and from about 0.02% to about 0.08% by weight for ductile iron with nodular carbon.
  • the exact level of magnesium in the treated molten iron may be determined by conventional foundry analysis. Because of the high magnesium recovery obtained by the alloy of the present invention in the treated metal, a smaller amount of the magnesium may be added to achieve the selected composition for the final product as compared to the customary alloys conventionally used.
  • the treated molten cast iron may be inoculated with a ferro-silicon composition to reduce the formation of iron carbides (U.S. Patent 4,224,064).
  • the alloy was placed in the bottom of a foundry ladle and covered with about 30 kg (67 pounds) of steel and 7 kg (15 pounds) of cast iron borings.
  • the molten cast iron at a temperature of about 1510°C (2750°F) was poured into the ladle in about 26 seconds.
  • a sample of the treated molten cast iron was taken from the melt one minute after the pour was complete. The sample was analyzed and contained 0,035% magnesium, 3.77% carbon, 2.27% silicon and 0.024% sulphur. The recovery of magnesium in the treated cast iron was about 51 %-. Another sample taken about eleven minutes after the pour was completed contained 0.052% magnesium, 3.77% carbon and 2.63% silicon.
  • the molten iron to be treated contained 3.7% carbon, 1.70% silicon, 0.014% sulphur and 0.72% manganese with the balance being iron and the usual trace elements.
  • the preweighed nodulizing alloy calculated to provide a 0.06% magnesium addition to seven kilograms of the base iron was placed on the bottom of a. preheated (1100°C) clay-graphite crucible. Seven kilograms of the base iron at 1525°C was rapidly poured over the alloy from a transfer ladle. When the temperature of the treated molten iron dropped to 1350°C, it was post inoculated by addition of 0.5% silicon as contained in foundry grade 75% FeSi mechanically stirred into the bath. After complete dissolution of the post inoculant samples were taken and analyzed as follows:
  • the bath of treated molten iron was slagged and specimen castings with fins having 0.6 cm and 1.0 cm thickness were poured for each run.
  • the fins were cut from the specimens, polished and subjected to a quantitive metallographic analysis for carbon nodularity percent and nodule count per unit of area.
  • the alloys of the present invention provide a high recovery of magnesium in the treated molten cast iron with nodularity within the range of from about 75 to about 90% which demonstrates their effectiveness as a nodulizing reagent.
  • the low amount of silicon added by the alloy is of advantage for treating molten cast iron since it provides flexibility and procedures not heretofore used in the foundry with conventional alloys,
  • the foundry ladle 10 is conventionally lined with a suitable refractory 12 which may be an alumina, silica, graphite or magnesia type refractory with or without an exterior metal casing.
  • the exterior of the ladle is provided with a conventional electric induction stirring coil 16, preferably operated in known manner to cause the molten cast iron therein to circulate the flow from opposite sides of the bath so that the molten iron flows downwardly in the middle of the bath as illustrated by the arrows 18.
  • Pieces 20 of alloy of the present invention of the composition specified hereinabove are slowly added manually or by means of a mechanical feeder (not shown).
  • Circulation of the molten cast iron will pull the alloy underneath the surface of the bath for treating the molten iron to produce ductile or compacted graphite cast iron depending on the composition of the molten iron and input of magnesium from the magnesium-nickel-iron and optionally cerium and/or other rare earth elements alloy.
  • the treated cast iron may be held in the ladle over an extended period of time and the desired chemical composition of the molten cast iron may be established and maintained by periodically adding additional alloy as deemed necessary.
  • a portion of the treated iron may be poured off and cast and fresh molten base iron may be added from the furnace to replenish the supply accompanied or followed by the addition of more alloy for the desired treatment.
  • Ladle 10 may be gimballed in known manner (not shown) and tilted for pouring by known foundry mechanical devices.
  • the ladle 10 may be equipped with conventional heating elements (not shown) to maintain the selected temperature for treatment and in place of the induction coil 16, the ladle may be provided with a conventional mechanical or pneumatic stirrer (not shown) for gentle agitation. Operation of the induction coil 16 may be changed in known manner to cause the metal in the bath to flow in opposite directions to arrows 18 and move upwardly in the middle of the bath and downwardly on opposite sides. In such case the pieces of alloy 20 are added at opposite sides of the ladle instead of in the middle as shown in the drawing.
  • Desulphurization of the molten cast iron may also be carried out in the holding ladle before and during treatment to produce ductile or compacted graphite cast irons. For example, if the molten cast iron contains sulphur on the order of 0.1 % by weight this may be reduced in the holding ladle down to about .01 % by weight or less by addition of alloy during the holding period of time.
  • the molten bath of cast iron in a furnace vessel (not shown) in which it is produced may also be used as a holding vessel and the alloy of the present invention may be added to the furnace bath to treat the molten cast iron as described above for ladle 10.
  • Holding ladle 10 may be provided with a cover (not shown) and the molten cast iron and alloy may be fed into the ladle through the cover. If desired for reduction of oxidation, a partial or complete atmosphere of an inert gas such as argon may be established in known manner in the space between the cover and surface of the bath.
  • the ladle may be equipped with a bottom tap hole (not shown) for withdrawal of treated molten metal. The bottom tap hole may be opened and closed by a plug (not shown) operated in known manner by mechanical means.
  • the alloy may be more finely divided even down to a rough powder or the alloy may be melted and fed into the holding vessel in molten form with the bath under pressure of an inert gas to treat the molten cast iron.
  • Rods, bars or ingots of the alloy may be used for treating the molten cast iron.
  • the modified forms of ladle 10 shown in Figs. 2 and 3 include a ladle 22 of usual refractory 24 lining with a tea-pot outlet spout 26 for pouring.
  • a stream of molten cast iron from a melting source such as a cupola (not shown) is fed to the ladle at 28.
  • the alloy of the present invention is supplied into the stream of molten cast iron at 30.
  • the flow of the metal stream is used to carry the alloy beneath the surface of the bath where the alloy reacts with the molten cast iron and dissolves.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates the ladle of Fig. 2 provided with an electric induction stirring coil 32 which may be used to assist in mixing the alloy and molten cast iron as previously described for the induction coil of Fig. 1.
  • the induction coil may also be used to provide heat to the bath as desired for foundry operation.
  • the ladle 34 of Fig. 4 has the usual refractory 36 lining and is provided with a cover 38 having a reservoir 40 and inlet port 42 for supplying molten cast iron into the ladle.
  • the alloy 44 of the present invention is manually or mechanically fed into the ladle through a separate inlet feed port 46. In this case the molten cast iron is fed at a controlled rate and the alloy is supplied at a controlled rate separated from the iron stream.
  • Ladle 48 of Fig. 5 has the customary refractory 50 lining.
  • An inlet port 52 for molten cast iron is positioned at one side of the bottom of the mixing chamber 54.
  • the inlet port 52 is in open communication with an enclosed channel 56 that extends up to the top at one side of chamber 54.
  • An electric induction coil 58 is positioned in the common wall 60 between channel 56 and chamber 54. The remainder of the coil is wrapped around the exterior of the wall of chamber 54.
  • Mixing chamber 54 has a cover 62 with an inlet port 64 which is fitted with a hopper 66 having a plurality of staggered flop gate baffles 68 therein.
  • the bottom of chamber 54 has a tea-pot pouring spout 70.
  • a baffle 72 ' in the middle of the bottom of chamber 54 extends up above the top of inlet port 52 and above the top of exit to spout 70.
  • Molten cast iron is fed to mixing chamber 54 through channel 56 and the alloy of the present invention is supplied to the mixing chamber through the staggered flop gate baffles of hopper 66.
  • Induction coil 58 mixes the molten metal and alloy as described in connection with Fig. 1.
  • Periodically the treated metal is poured into casting molds as by tilting the unit in known manner.
  • the baffle 72 prevents direct communication of molten cast iron between inlet port 52 and the exit of the tea-pot pouring spout 70.
  • Make up molten cast iron may be added after each incremental pouring of treated iron and alloy is also added to maintain the selected chemical composition for treated iron.
  • the top of spout 70 may be positioned further down below the top of chamber 54 and below the top of channel 56. In such case, molten metal will automatically pour out of the spout whenever the level of molten iron in chamber 54 and channel 56 is above the top of the spout.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates another method for the casting of treated molten cast iron.
  • a plurality of conventional foundry holding vessels 74 are carried in a rotating support 76 which is positioned above a second rotating support 78 that carried a plurality of casting moles 80.
  • Suitable drive means (not shown) rotate the supports in separate circular paths in sequence to bring the casting molds into position below the holding vessels 74.
  • the holding vessels have a tap hole in the bottom opened and closed by a plug actuated by mechanical means to pour molten treated iron into moles 80.
  • the ladles may be gimballed and tilted in known manner to pour the molten treated iron into the molds.
  • a furnace vessel such as a cupola or a holding ladle containing a supply of molten iron containing carbon (ordinary cast iron) is positioned to pour the molten iron into the holding vessels 74.
  • the alloy of the present invention which is predominately iron containing as essential ingredients a low silicon, low magnesium, low nickel and optionally cerium and/or other rare earth elements content as specified hereinabove is used to treat the molten iron in the holding vessels 74 and treatment of the iron with alloy is carried out as the holding vessels move toward their position to pour alloy treated molten iron into the casting molds.
  • the iron alloy of the present invention which has a density equal to and preferably greater than the density of the molten iron to be treated and which alloy contains from about 0.9 to 2.0% magnesium, 3.0 to 6.0% carbon, 3.0 to 6.0% silicon, 0.1 to 2.0% cerium and/or other rare earth elements and up to 0.6% nickel and balance iron.
  • the holding vessels 74 have a supply of treated molten iron adequate to fill a plurality of molds 80.
  • the pouring vessels are held stationary while a plurality of molds are moved one at a time into stationary position below a first one of the holding vessels.
  • the next holding vessel in line is moved into the stationary position to pour treated molten iron into the next plurality of molds. Meanwhile, the first one of the holding vessels receives a new supply of molten iron and alloy.
  • the supply of treated molten iron in each holding vessel may be limited to that required to fill a single casting mold. While the drawing illustrates moving the pouring vessels 74 and molds 80 in circular paths, the vessels and molds may move along any selected path other than circular with the selected paths arranged to intersect for transfer of treated molten iron from the vessels to the molds.
  • the paths are oblong and treated molten metal is transferred into the molds while the pouring vessel and molds continue to move along a first straight intersecting portion of the oblong paths. In such case there is no need to hold the vessels and molds in stationary position for filling the mold.
  • a resupply of metal to the holding vessels is obtained in similar manner while the vessels move along the second straight portion of their oblong path and a separate supply container moves along the same path above the vessels.
  • untreated molten iron and alloy are supplied to the holding vessels in any desired sequence from selected sources of supply and reaction between the alloy and molten iron takes place before the vessel reaches its pouring position above the mold.
  • alloy may be added to untreated molten iron in a furnace vessel or holding ladle to carry out the treatment reaction between the alloy and molten iron at the source of supply in the furnace vessel or holding ladle.
  • the magnesium, nickel, optionally cerium treated molten iron is supplied to the holding vessels 74. Alloy can also be added to the treated iron in the holding vessel for final adjustment to obtain a selected chemical composition or the untreated molten iron may be partially treated at the source of supply in the furnace or holding ladle and treatment with alloy completed in the holding vessels 74.
  • rotating support 76 and holding vessels 74 are eliminated and the casting molds 80 are moved into stationary position below a furnace vessel or a holding ladle such as one of those illustrated in Figs. 1 through 5.
  • the molds are filled in sequence directly from the supply of treated metal in the furnace or holding ladle.
  • a conventional refractory holding ladle 82 is employed for pouring molten iron into the cavity 84 of a casting mold 86.
  • the pour of the mold has a small reservoir portion 88 which assists in receiving the molten cast iron.
  • pieces of alloy 90 of the present invention are fed into the flowing stream of metal as it enters the reservoir 88 and the flow of the stream carries the alloy down into the mold for treating the molten iron to produce ductile or compacted graphite cast iron depending on the input of magnesium into the molten cast iron.
  • the alloy of the present invention comprising a predominantly iron alloy with low silicon, low magnesium, low nickel and optionally cerium and/or other rare earth content and density which approaches the density and for best results is equal to or greater than the density of the molten cast iron to be treated.
  • Co-pending applications EP-A-90653 and -90654 are directed to using alloys which do not include nickel for treating molten cast iron to produce ductile and compacted graphite irons.

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1. Alliage de fer comprenant, en poids, 0,1 à 10% de silicium, 0,5 à 4,0% de magnésium et 0,1 à 10% de nickel.
2. Alliage suivant la revendication 1, comprenant un ou plusieurs éléments des terres rares en une quantité s'élevant jusqu'à 2%.
3. Alliage suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, comprenant du carbone en une quantité de 0,5 à 6,5%.
4. Alliage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, comprenant, en poids, 0,1 à 10% de silicium, 0,5 à 4% de magnésium et 0,1 à 10% de nickel, éventuellement jusqu'à 2% d'un ou plusieurs éléments des terres rares et du carbone en une quantité de 0,5 à 6,5%, le fer et les impuretés formant le reste.
5. Alliage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, ayant une masse volumique de l'intervalle de 6,5 à 7,5 g/cm 3.
6. Procédé pour élaborer un alliage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, comprenant les stades de former un bain en fusion des constituants, de maintenir le bain sous pression super- atmosphérique d'un gaz inerte tandis que la réaction a lieu, puis de solidifier rapidement le bain en fusion pour former un alliage de fer.
7. Procédé suivant la revendication 6, dans lequel la pression de gaz inerte se situe dans l'intervalle de 3515 à 5273 g/cm2 au manomètre (50 à 75 livres par pouce carré au manomètre) et les proportions des constituants métalliques sont ajustées pour produire un alliage ayant une masse volumique de 6,5 à 7,5 g/cm3.
8. Procédé pour produire des fontes ductiles ou à graphite compact, comprenant les stades de maintenir du fer fondu contenant du carbone, d'ajouter au fer fondu un alliage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, poursuivre le maintien du fer fondu et de l'alliage ensemble et d'ajouter ensuite davantage de l'alliage pour établir la composition chimique désirée du fer.
9. Procédé pour produire des fontes ductiles ou à graphite compact, comprenant la formation d'un bain en fusion de fer contenant du carbone, l'agitation du fer fondu pour établir une circulation avec un courant descendant au milieu du bain, l'addition d'un alliage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5 à la surface du milieu du bain pour qu'il soit entraîné sous la surface du bain par le courant descendant de fer fondu.
10. Procédé suivant la revendication 9, dans lequel l'agitation du fer fondu est effectuée au moyen d'une bobine d'agitation par induction électrique.
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