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Effect of Slag Composition on the Deoxidation and Desulfurization of Inconel 718 Superalloy by ESR Type Slag Without Deoxidizer Addition

  • Sheng-Chao Duan
  • Xiao Shi
  • Man-Cang Zhang
  • Bin Li
  • Wen-Sheng Yang
  • Fei Wang
  • Han-Jie GuoEmail author
  • Jing Guo
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Abstract

Effects of slag composition and alloy content as well as temperature on the deoxidation and desulfurization of Inconel 718 superalloy by CaF2-CaO-Al2O3-MgO-TiO2 ESR-type slag without the addition of a deoxidizer were systematically investigated by laboratory-scale experiments and the developed mass transfer model. The model predictions were verified through comparison with experimental results in a double-layer crucible. The results showed that the oxygen content decreased with an increase of CaO, MgO and CaF2 content in the slag at 1773 K, and CaO has a great influence on the deoxidation of Inconel 718 alloy compared with MgO and CaF2 in slag, which was responsible for the decrease in equilibrium content of sulfur in the Inconel 718 alloy. The total oxygen and sulfur content decreased from 33.2 and 20 ppm in master alloys to about 10 and 6 ppm in alloy ingots at 1773 K, respectively. Properly increasing the Al and Ti content only lowered the oxygen and sulfur content in the nickel-based alloy to a limited extent when satisfying the mechanical properties of the Inconel 718 alloy. The interfacial oxygen content increased with increasing temperature, giving rise to a decrease in the desulfurization ratio \( \left( {{{[{\text{pct S}}]_{t = t} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{[{\text{pct S}}]_{t = t} } {[{\text{pct S}}]_{t = 0} }}} \right. \kern-0pt} {[{\text{pct S}}]_{t = 0} }}} \right) \). These results show that the lower temperature favored desulfurization of the nickel-based alloy.

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The authors are thankful for the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. U1560203, 51704021 and 51274031), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-TP-16-079A1) and Beijing Key Laboratory of Special Melting and Preparation of High-End Metal Materials at the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Metallurgical and Ecological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)BeijingP.R. China
  2. 2.Beijing Key Laboratory of Special Melting and Preparation of High-End Metal MaterialsUniversity of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)BeijingP.R. China
  3. 3.Tianjin Cisri-Harder Materials & Technology Co. Ltd.Central Iron and Steel Research Institute (CISRI)TianjinP.R. China

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