Thermal Analysis and Macrostructure of Fe-Si Alloys

Authors

  • M. G. Gonzalez-Flores  epartment of Metallurgical Engineering-Faculty of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México
  • J. A. Garcia-Hinojosa  epartment of Metallurgical Engineering-Faculty of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México

Keywords:

Electrical Steels, Macrostructure, Cooling Curve Analysis, As-Cast, Columnar-Equiaxed Transition

Abstract

The high electrical and magnetic properties that possess Fe-Si alloys makes them useful materials in the electricity sector as well as in new technological and energy applications. The effect of silicon addition in non-equilibrium transformations of Fe-Si alloys was analyzed via cooling curves analysis, macrostructural characterization and hardness profiles. Two alloys Fe-Si with commercial level impurities were produced by melting. The thermal history was recorded and analyzed throughout the solidification and cooling ranges for each alloy. Samples were sectioned for their characterization and then, resistance to plastic deformation was quantified through a hardness test. Results show that, small increases in the percentage of silicon alter the final morphology because to the presence of more transformations during cooling of samples caused by expansion of the gamma region.

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M. G. Gonzalez-Flores, J. A. Garcia-Hinojosa, " Thermal Analysis and Macrostructure of Fe-Si Alloys, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.224-230, May-June-2016.