Inclusion variations and calcium treatment optimization in pipeline steel production |
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| Authors: | Jian-hua Liu Hua-jie Wu Yan-ping Bao Min Wang |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA;(2) formerly Visiting Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA;(3) RJ Lee Group, Monroeville, PA 15146, USA;(4) Present address: Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland;(5) Department of Process Technology—Steelmaking and Casting, United States Steel Corporation Research and Technology Center, Munhall, PA 15120, USA; |
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| Abstract: | SiCa line and SiCaBaFe alloy were injected into liquid pipeline steel at the end of LF refining as calcium treatment, and
samples were taken from the ladles, mould, and slabs. Analysis of Ca content and inclusions shows that Ca content in steel
decreases obviously in the following process after calcium treatment; the compositions, morphology, and sizes of inclusions
also vary much in the production; primary inclusions in the ladles prior to calcium treatment are mainly Al2O3 inclusions, but they turn to fine irregular CaS-CaO-Al2O3 compound inclusions after the treatment, then become fine globular CaO-Al2O3 inclusions in the mould, and finally change to a few larger irregular CaS-CaO-Al2O3 complex inclusions in the slabs. Thermodynamic study reveals that inclusion variations are related with the preferential
reactions among Ca, Al2O3, and S and the precipitation of S in CaO-Al2O3 inclusions with high sulfur capacity. New evaluation standards for calcium treatment in high-grade pipeline steel were put
forward according to the inclusion variations and requirements of pipeline steel on inclusion controlling, and the calcium
process was studied and optimized. |
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