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- 229910000831 Steel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 60
- 239000010959 steel Substances 0.000 description 60
- 239000007789 gas Substances 0.000 description 24
- 239000010436 fluorite Substances 0.000 description 22
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 18
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 18
- 229910001327 Rimmed steel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 16
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 12
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 12
- 238000006243 chemical reaction Methods 0.000 description 12
- 150000004673 fluoride salts Chemical class 0.000 description 12
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 12
- 239000003795 chemical substances by application Substances 0.000 description 10
- 230000002708 enhancing Effects 0.000 description 10
- KRHYYFGTRYWZRS-UHFFFAOYSA-M fluoride anion Chemical compound [F-] KRHYYFGTRYWZRS-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 8
- 239000002893 slag Substances 0.000 description 8
- PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N manganese Chemical compound [Mn] PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 229910052748 manganese Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 239000011572 manganese Substances 0.000 description 6
- 240000006934 Eucalyptus pilularis Species 0.000 description 4
- 210000003491 Skin Anatomy 0.000 description 4
- VYZAMTAEIAYCRO-UHFFFAOYSA-N chromium Chemical compound [Cr] VYZAMTAEIAYCRO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 4
- 238000007710 freezing Methods 0.000 description 4
- IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N nitrogen Chemical compound N#N IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 238000010079 rubber tapping Methods 0.000 description 4
- FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M sodium chloride Chemical compound [Na+].[Cl-] FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 4
- PUZPDOWCWNUUKD-UHFFFAOYSA-M sodium fluoride Chemical compound [F-].[Na+] PUZPDOWCWNUUKD-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 4
- 239000007787 solid Substances 0.000 description 4
- 238000007711 solidification Methods 0.000 description 4
- 241001270131 Agaricus moelleri Species 0.000 description 2
- OYLGJCQECKOTOL-UHFFFAOYSA-L Barium fluoride Chemical compound [F-].[F-].[Ba+2] OYLGJCQECKOTOL-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 2
- 229910000655 Killed steel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 210000001138 Tears Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 229910001632 barium fluoride Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 description 2
- UGFAIRIUMAVXCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbon monoxide Chemical compound [O+]#[C-] UGFAIRIUMAVXCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910002091 carbon monoxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000005266 casting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000004140 cleaning Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000005755 formation reaction Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 description 2
- UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N hydrogen Chemical compound [H][H] UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000001257 hydrogen Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052739 hydrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000011065 in-situ storage Methods 0.000 description 2
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron Substances [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- UQSXHKLRYXJYBZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron oxide Chemical compound [Fe]=O UQSXHKLRYXJYBZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910000460 iron oxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229910052757 nitrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 description 2
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- 239000011780 sodium chloride Substances 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
- C21C7/00—Treating molten ferrous alloys, e.g. steel, not covered by groups C21C1/00 - C21C5/00
- C21C7/04—Removing impurities by adding a treating agent
- C21C7/06—Deoxidising, e.g. killing
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
- C21C7/00—Treating molten ferrous alloys, e.g. steel, not covered by groups C21C1/00 - C21C5/00
- C21C7/10—Handling in a vacuum
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- the treated ingots comprised the second batch of five stripped, and were easily dittierentiated from the untreated ingots by their light colored lu'itts, as compared with the dark appearing butts of the third batch which was stripped five uinutes later. Ten minutes after twenty ingots had been stripped, it was seen that in the untreated ingots (those stripped immediately after the five treated ingots were stripped), a similar condition of darkness extended six inches higher up the butt than in the case of the treated ingots.
- the method of enhancing the character and surface appearance oi. rimming steel which comprises adding a fluoride in the proportion of 1 to 6 ouncesotfluoride to 3000 lbs. of steel, to the molten steel, subsequent to tapping it from the furnace.
- the method of enhancing the character and surface appearance of rimming steel which comprises adding fiuors. ar in the proportion of 1 to 6 ounces of uorspar to 3000 lbs. of steel, to the molten steel, subsequent to tapping it from the furnace.
- the method of making rimmed steel ingots which comprises: pouring steel of rimming qualities into an ingot mold, and adding thereto fluorspar in amounts sufficient to prolong the rimming action of the steel.
- the method oi? making rimmed steel ingots which comprises adding to a ladle con,- taining steel of rimming qualities, a fluoride in amounts suflicient to prolong the rimming action of the steel, and then pouring the steel into ingot molds.
- rimmed steel ingots which comprises adding to'a ladle containing steel of rimming qualities, fluorspar in amounts suflicient to prolong the rimming action of the steel, and then pouring the steel into ingot molds.
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Description
Patented June 5, 1928.
UNITE STATES PATENT OFF?! ARTHUR TREGONING CAPE, OF IIIASSILLON, OHIO. ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSTG-N" MENTS, T0 MIDVIES'I METALLURGICAL CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, 1U. '51., A.
CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.
PRODUCTION OF RIMIVIED STEEL INGOTS.
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This invention relates to the manufacture of rimmed steel.
One of the objects of the invention is to provide for the beneficiation of rimming steel ingots by the addition thereto, of cer tain agents.
Another object of the invention is to provide a more solid rimmed ingot, i. e., one that is freer from blowholes, than has heretofore been obtained, and in which such defects as black butts are more or less completely obviated.
These and other objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following discussion of rimmed ingots in general and particularly the causes leading to the abovementioned defects.
As is well known, rimmed steel, variously called open or effervescing steel, to distinguish it from killed or partly killed steel, is made by a process which permits the free escape of gases from the metal during solidification in the molds. These gases are believed to be chiefly carbon monoxide, hydrogen and nitrogen, and in the course of their evolution, the ingot solidifies, those gases which remain and are occluded, forming blowholes of varying form and character. Some of the blowholes are close to the surface of the ingot and extend from the surface toward the center of the ingot, giving a sponge-like appearance to the skin, and which in many top cast ingots makes the lower half appear much darker in color than the top half when it is stripped from the mold. Ingots presenting this defect are commonly designated black butt ingots. An ingot with this kind of skin will tear and crack under the action of the rolls and produce a scabby and seamy bar, unfit for most purposes.
The evolution of the escaping gases apparently caused by the reaction between the iron oxide and the carbon present in the molten steel (C+FeO- Fe+0). The proper rate of their evolution such that the steel will not rise as it solidifies and the ingot has a flat top when frozen. The casting temperatureand the rapidity of pouring have a great effect on the evolution of these gases.
Generally speaking if the temperature is moderate and the slag on which the heat was Application filed February 8, 1927. Serial No. 166,816.
made was of medium heaviness, then the ingots will fall 2 to 3 in the molds and re main there, freezing over to a distance of 5 to 6 from each side (in a 15 l6 ingot). As the reaction diminishes .in intensity, the metal is forced through the hole in the center of the crust and the action ceases.
The following factors modify the conditions acompanying freezing:
A. Those which tend to make the ingot fall in the molds:
1. Heating to the cool side of normal temperatures (not too cold or the ingot will simply freeze in situ).
2. Finishing heat on a thin slag.
Having a low carbon and manganese content in the steel.
1%. Those which tend to make the ingots rise in the molds:
1. High temperature.
2. Heavy slag.
3. H1gh carbon and manganese.
It is the balance between the above factors that determines the rise or fall of the ingot, or as happens in many cases, the rise after a fall. Falling in the molds is usually accompanied by a prolonged reaction and rimming proceeds to a small hole. Rising in the molds is accompanied by a short period of action, and rimming proceeds to a large hole.
Owing to the cessation of the reaction in such cases before the bulk of the metal has reached the point of solidification, the subsequent evolution of gas at the critical change of gaseous solubility from the liquid to the solid state has no free path for its escape. (The stirring action due to efler vescence would permit the free passage of such gases from the metal.) The inability of the gas to escape gives rise to the formation of blowholes.
The essentials for the production of good rimming steels are therefore (a) to have clean steel by making it under a good creamy slag and (7)) at the same time to give a sur'licient period of reaction to the metal in the molds to permit the escape of gases at the change of state. It follows that an agent which will prolong this period of reaction, and preserve the fluid condition so necessary for the release of the gases will iitatcrially enhance the character and appearance of the ingot.
With the above considerations in View, I recently made a series of exhaustive e);- per nents to ascertain the eii'ects of various and ition agents on rimming ingots. Among such agents were baking powder, chrome ore, roll scale, sodium chloride, and fluorspar and other fluorides such as sodium and barium fluoride.
Chrome ore and roll scale had some slight beneficial effects but the fluorides and especially fluorspar proved to be the only agents which gave .iighly effective and satisfactory results The tests made in connection with the use of the fluorspar were briefly as follows: I
An -ton basic open hearth heat containing .12 carbon and .50 manganese, was poured into sixty 15"X16 ingot molds, approximately to 60 inches in height, and each holding approximately 3100 lbs. of metal.
Only five of the ingots were treated and of those remaining, the average ingot tell 1 in the molds and rose again from 1 to 2 inches, and rimmed to a 5 x6 inch hole. The rimming period of nine oi? the untreated ingots was carefully observed, and the average period from the finish. oi the pouring to the completion o l the rimming action for these ingots was found to be 9 min. and 35 seconds. These ingots rimmed to a 5%: 61/ inch hole.
Additions of about 1 ounce of commercial ground fluorspar were made to five of the ingots, and the observed result were as follows:
All of these ingots fell 2 to 3 inches in the mold and remained at this level. They rimmed to a 3" 214- hole. The smallest addition of flour-spar was made to ingot No. 41, which tact probably accounts for the slightly shorter period of rimming than observed for the other four ingots. These five ingots tended to rim downward and when capped were free from all pufiiness, while the untreated ingots rimmed upwards and exhibited pufled tops.
The treated ingots comprised the second batch of five stripped, and were easily dittierentiated from the untreated ingots by their light colored lu'itts, as compared with the dark appearing butts of the third batch which was stripped five uinutes later. Ten minutes after twenty ingots had been stripped, it was seen that in the untreated ingots (those stripped immediately after the five treated ingots were stripped), a similar condition of darkness extended six inches higher up the butt than in the case of the treated ingots.
In practice it is desirable to vary the LlillOlllit of fluorspar or other fluorides employed, from 1 to 6 ounces per 3000 lbs. of metal, although the smaller amount is usually suilicient to produce effective results. The tluorspar is preferably added to the mold after a small amount (about 6 inches) of the metal has been poured.
It is to be understood that the invention not restricted to the mode ofapplication of the flourspar to the molds, and that while all fluorides may not be effective to produce the desired results, those which have been employed are especially eiiective, and I therefore believe that I am entitled to claim the use of fluorides in general, and fluorspar, specifically, for the purposes stated. It is obvious also that the fluorides might be added to the molten metal in the ladle, prior to pouring the latter into the ingot molds, without departing from the scope of the invention.
I claim:
1. The method of enhancing the character and surface appearance oi. rimming steel, which comprises adding a fluoride in the proportion of 1 to 6 ouncesotfluoride to 3000 lbs. of steel, to the molten steel, subsequent to tapping it from the furnace.
2. The method of enhancing the character and surface appearance of rimming steel, which comprises adding fiuors. ar in the proportion of 1 to 6 ounces of uorspar to 3000 lbs. of steel, to the molten steel, subsequent to tapping it from the furnace.
3. The method of enhancing the character and surface appearance of rimmed steel ingets which comprises adding a fluoride in amounts varying from 1 to 6 ounces per 3000 lbs. of steel, to the ingot molds at the time the ingots are poured.
4. The method of enhancing the character and surface appearance of rimmed steel ingots which comprises adding fluorspar in amounts varying from 1 to 6 ounces per 3000 lbs. of steel, to the ingot molds at the time the ingots are poured.
5. The method of making rimmed steel ingots which comprises pouring steel of rimming qualities into an ingot mold, and adding thereto a fluoride in amounts sufficient to prolong the rimming action of the steel.
6. The method of making rimmed steel ingots, which comprises: pouring steel of rimming qualities into an ingot mold, and adding thereto fluorspar in amounts sufficient to prolong the rimming action of the steel.
7. The method oi? making rimmed steel ingots, which comprises adding to a ladle con,- taining steel of rimming qualities, a fluoride in amounts suflicient to prolong the rimming action of the steel, and then pouring the steel into ingot molds.
8. The method of making rimmed steel ingots, which comprises adding to'a ladle containing steel of rimming qualities, fluorspar in amounts suflicient to prolong the rimming action of the steel, and then pouring the steel into ingot molds.
9. The method of controlling the evolu tion of gases from basic open hearth low carbon rimmeddn steel, which consists of the addition of fluor-spar to the steel in the ladle.
10. The method of controlling the evolu- 1 tion of gases from basic open hearth lOW carbon rimmed-in steel, Which consists oi the addition of fluor-spar to the steel in the molds.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature.
ARTHUR TREGONING CAPE.
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US2510154A (en) * | 1945-07-11 | 1950-06-06 | Armco Steel Corp | Process for treatment of molten stainless steel |
US2510155A (en) * | 1945-07-11 | 1950-06-06 | Armco Steel Corp | Process for treatment of molten stainless steel |
US2837800A (en) * | 1954-11-01 | 1958-06-10 | Yawata Iron & Steel Co | Casting of ferrous ingots |
US3518079A (en) * | 1967-10-30 | 1970-06-30 | Jennifer Corp | Production of rimmed steels |
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US2510154A (en) * | 1945-07-11 | 1950-06-06 | Armco Steel Corp | Process for treatment of molten stainless steel |
US2510155A (en) * | 1945-07-11 | 1950-06-06 | Armco Steel Corp | Process for treatment of molten stainless steel |
US2837800A (en) * | 1954-11-01 | 1958-06-10 | Yawata Iron & Steel Co | Casting of ferrous ingots |
US3518079A (en) * | 1967-10-30 | 1970-06-30 | Jennifer Corp | Production of rimmed steels |
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