Kinetics of the diffusion controlled peritectic reaction during solidification of iron-carbon-alloys

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taken to e x i s t at the i n t e r f a c e s , that is the c o n c e n t r a t i o n s c* and c 5 as well as c* and c L a r e the c o n c e n t r a t i o n s for the 5/V or v / l i q u i d e q u i l i b r i a as given by the phase d i a g r a m , Fig. i . Diffusion a c r o s s the Yphase is g o v e r n e d by

a--t-8c=

[1]

D ~X_,2_,82C xl(t) < x < xz(t)

The b o u n d a r y conditions at the i n t e r f a c e s depend on t i m e b e c a u s e of the cooling. The cooling b e h a v i o r is known f r o m e x p e r i m e n t a l l y d e t e r m i n e d cooling c u r v e s .

,5o[ -~ 1500-

C ~

It

"~ 1450-

14000

0.2

0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 carbon content c (wt. %)

1.2

Z4

Fig. 1--Iron-carbon phase diagram used in the present computations.

a)

rp

~

~

-~_.c.~

/

.

..

.

rL

-.-."-'. :-L /2

~0~,,,0o!em.~",.).:...i..i..i

.

.

..

.

.o

.

.

.

*

.

..

9

.

.

.

.

.

.

c (x, t) 0

C,~ C4~

Cz*

Ct

L/2 Fig. 2--Solidification model used (a) position of volume element in mushy zone (b) magnified volume element with coneentration profile. VOLUME 6A, JANUARY 1975-235

c

=

c*(T(t)),

x

=

x,(t)

[2]

c

=

c*(T(t)),

x

=

x2(t)

[3]

The unknown p o s i t i o n s of the m o v i n g boundaries are to be d e t e r m i n e d by the r e l a t i o n s h i p s e x p r e s s i n g the m a t e r i a l balance a c r o s s the interface as follows:

dx,

-(c*

c 6) dt

-

(CL -- C*) ~

-

_ xz(t) d e 6

--37-- + D \ a x / x ,(t)

[4]

) \ Ox/xz(t

[5]

= (--~ -- Xz) ~

c6 c*

)

-0"6068

[6]

k~, = c~._~* = 0.3"/58 + ( 5 . 6 2 7 . 1 0 - 4 -

3.981.10-'~T)

[7]

and the t e m p e r a t u r e dependence of c* and c* is e x p r e s s e d as =

2202'00-

~'lliquid

interface

~ 100. 00"

.T

eL

C*~(T)

[11]

_ 14.75.o;

2 -

260"

Eqs. [1] to [5] d e s c r i b e the p r o g r e s s i o n of the p e r i t e c t i c r e a c t i o n c o r r e s p o n d i n g to the s p e c i f i c cooling rate T(t). Above the p e r i t e c t i c t e m p e r a t u r e , the s o l i d ification f o l l o w s v i r t u a l l y the c o u r s e of equilibrium f r e e z i n g , as v e r i f i e d in a r e c e n t publication. 4 For subsequent computations, the partition c o e f f i c i e n t s k ~ and k2 are d e r i v e d f r o m the c o r r e s p o n d i n g equilibrium l i n e s of the phase d i a g r a m . ~'~ k,-

k

w h e r e L is in ~ and Of in s e e . Of is defined as the s o l -

a(ac'~

+

p e r t m e n t a l l y for a s t e e l with 0.6 pet carbon and 2 pct m a n g a n e s e s and is r e l a t e d to the local solidification t i m e Of as

60" .^

~,/~

interface

20.

1C-p~ (T - 1392)

[8]

O~

o'2

-

--

o:,

- -

&

do

,o

dimenM~less position in volume element L-~

c*(T)

= 1526.3 -

T

1 6.9

[9]

with Cp = c/(1494~

= c*(1404~

= 0.1826

Fig. 4 - - P r o g r e s s i o n of "//6 and "//liquid i n t e r f a c e s as a funcLion of time during solidification of i t slab with 0.39 pct c a r bon as computed in the p r e s e n t work.

[10]

T h e c ' s a r e in w t p e t a n d T i s in ~

The dendrite a r m spacing has been d e t