Abstract:
The Fe-TiB
2 particle-reinforced steel was prepared by vacuum arc melting process. The effects of sub-rapid cooling rate and Ni on the precipitation regularity of TiB
2 particles were studied. The results show that the casting microstructure of Fe-TiB
2 steel consists of two phases of α-Fe and TiB
2. Under sub-rapid cooling casting conditions, the TiB
2 phase cannot be completely precipitated. The primary TiB
2 ceramic phase is coarse block-like particles with sharp corners, and the eutectic TiB
2 ceramic phase is fine and irregular strip-like morphology. The volume fraction of primary TiB
2 ceramic phase decreases with the decrease of cooling rate, while the volume fraction of eutectic TiB
2 ceramic phase increases. During the casting process of Fe-Ti-B ternary steel, there is a pro-eutectic transformation process of δ-Fe ferrite and TiB
2 primary phase.Ni in Fe-Ni-Ti-B quaternary steel inhibits the high temperature precipitation of primary TiB
2 phase and δ-Fe ferrite, and promotes the eutectic transformation of γ-Fe and TiB
2 , thus significantly changing the room temperature casting microstructure composition and distribution characteristics of the reinforcing phase TiB
2 ceramic particles.