US2265150A - Addition agent and its use in treating molten iron and steel - Google Patents
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- Aluminum additions in the amounts, for the purposes, and in the manner described above, tend to produce a steel containing deleterious types and quantities of non-metallic inclusions. It has been proposed to substitute for the aluminum other agents, such as vanadium, or titanium, but none of these elements is entirely satisfactory. Vanadium is usually too expensive to add in an amount sufiicient to produce the desired results, and titanium as heretofore used tends to produce a steel containing numerous objectionable non-metallic impurities.
- the constituents of the addition agent are preferably prealloyed in the form of. a master alloy; but they may be unalloyed or only partially alloyed, and used in the form of a briquet of comminuted material. Also, some of the constituents thereof may suitably be in the form of easily reducible or decomposable compounds such as nitrides, nitrates or mixtures thereof. It is essential, however, that the constituents be closely associated.
- the desired composition may be added to the steel in any well known manner, for example, in the furnace, in the ladle, or in the molten stream during pouring.
- the degree of grain refinement or deoxidation is the degree of grain refinement or deoxidation.
- addition agents of this invention are especially useful in the treatment of steels which are to be hot worked, the invention is also applicable to the treatment of steels which are to be employed as castings.
- Steels treated according to the invention are sound, substantially free from excessive non-metallic inclusions, and possess improved ductility and shock resistance. Further, the few inclusions distributed throughout such steels are more uniform than diverse, that is, are not segregated. The degree of grain refinement that can be produced without the formation of harmful inclusions is greater than that attainable by the addition of aluminum alone.
- composition of matter suitable for use as JAMES H. CRI'I'CHE'I'I. an addition agent for treating molten ferrous 10 WALTER CRAFTS.
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Patented Dec. 9, 1941 ADDITION AGENT AND ITS USE IN TREAT- ING MOLTEN IRON AND STEEL James H. Critchett, Douglaston, and Walter Crafts, Niagara Falls, N. Y., assignors to Electro Metallurgical Company, a corporation of West Virginia No Drawing.
Application October 23, 1940,
Serial No. 362,409
2 Claims.
The invention relates to a method and agent suitable for the treatment of molten iron and steel to promote a fine grain structure and freedom from deleterious impurities. This application is in part a continuation of our application Serial No. 201,931, filed April 14, 1938.
During manufacture, steels become contaminated with oxides and occluded gases, some of which, if not removed or rendered innocuous, detrimentally affect the soundness and physical properties of the finished steel. To overcome the deleterious effects of such impurities, an addition of ferrosilicon or ferromanganese, or both, as deoxidizers, is usually made to the steel shortly before casting into ingots or other shapes. For further deoxidation, and to provide an inherently fine-grained steel having inhibited grain growth tendencies at elevated temperatures, a later addition of aluminum is often made to the molten steel.
Aluminum additions, in the amounts, for the purposes, and in the manner described above, tend to produce a steel containing deleterious types and quantities of non-metallic inclusions. It has been proposed to substitute for the aluminum other agents, such as vanadium, or titanium, but none of these elements is entirely satisfactory. Vanadium is usually too expensive to add in an amount sufiicient to produce the desired results, and titanium as heretofore used tends to produce a steel containing numerous objectionable non-metallic impurities.
According to the present invention, a steel that is substantially free from deleterious, gaseous or solid non-metallic impurities and that has improved mechanical properties (including improved impact strength) and excellent fine grain characteristics is produced by adding to the steel while it is molten in the ladle or otherwise shortly before casting, an addition agent containing between 50% and 75% (preferably between 55% and 65%) of silicon; at least one metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, barium, and strontium, in aggregate percentage between 25% and 50%; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of beryllium and boron, in an aggregate percentage between 0.1% and 10% but preferably under 5%. Iron may be, and ordinarily is, present as an impurity or diluent unavoidably introduced in producing an economical and commercially practicable material, and should not exceed about 25%.
The constituents of the addition agent are preferably prealloyed in the form of. a master alloy; but they may be unalloyed or only partially alloyed, and used in the form of a briquet of comminuted material. Also, some of the constituents thereof may suitably be in the form of easily reducible or decomposable compounds such as nitrides, nitrates or mixtures thereof. It is essential, however, that the constituents be closely associated.
In practicing the process of the invention, we prefer to add to the molten steel being treated a suficient amount of the addition agent of the invention that the silicon content of the steel is increased by about 0.25%. The deoxidizing or grain refining power may be controlled and varied by adding more or less than enough material to increase the silicon content of the steels by about 0.25%, or alternatively, the concentration of silicon relative to the other constituents of the addition agent may be varied. If less grain refinement is required, part of the silicon required for deoxidizing may be added as the agent of the invention and part as ordinary ferrosilicon, and if more grain refinement is required, the action of the addition agent may be supplemented by an addition of aluminum or other grain refiner.
The desired composition may be added to the steel in any well known manner, for example, in the furnace, in the ladle, or in the molten stream during pouring.
The degree of grain refinement or deoxidation.
of the steel per unit of addition agent added will vary, not only with the combination of elements selected, but also with the type of steel being treated, so that the total amount of agent to be added to the steel for best results must be determined by trial. Ordinarily, this total amount of agent will be less than 5%, and most frequently less than 1%.
While the addition agents of this invention are especially useful in the treatment of steels which are to be hot worked, the invention is also applicable to the treatment of steels which are to be employed as castings.
Steels treated according to the invention are sound, substantially free from excessive non-metallic inclusions, and possess improved ductility and shock resistance. Further, the few inclusions distributed throughout such steels are more uniform than diverse, that is, are not segregated. The degree of grain refinement that can be produced without the formation of harmful inclusions is greater than that attainable by the addition of aluminum alone.
We claim:
1. A method of treating molten ferrous metal which comprises adding thereto a grain-refining amount less'than 1% of an addition agent conmetal, consisting substantially of betvnen 50, sisting 01' between 50% and 75% silicon: iron; and 75% silicon; iron: at least one element c at least one element or the group consisting of the group consisting of berylliumand boron, i beryllium and boron, in an aggregate percentage an aggregate percentage between 0.1% and 10% between 0.1% and 10%; and at least one element 5 and at least one element of the group consistin of the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, of magnesium, calcium, barium, and strontium barium, and strontium, in an aggregate percentin an aggregate percentage between 25% am age between 25% and 50%. 50%.
2. A composition of matter, suitable for use as JAMES H. CRI'I'CHE'I'I. an addition agent for treating molten ferrous 10 WALTER CRAFTS.
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