Determining rational complex modifying and alloying additives to improve the mechanical characteristics of gray cast iron

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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2024.318552

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mechanical characteristics of cast iron, modifiers of cast iron, alloying, microstructure of cast iron, graphitizing and carbide-forming elements

Abstract

The object of this study is the mechanical properties and parameters of the cast iron microstructure. The task to solve was to ensure high mechanical properties of cast iron for mechanical engineering part. To this end, a working hypothesis was put forward, which assumed the possibility of increasing mechanical properties by selecting complex additives based on modifiers and alloying ferroalloys.

The effect of 4 groups of additives was investigated: group 1 – ferrochrome (FeCr025) and silicocalcium (SiCa-30), group 2 – ferrotitanium (FТі35) and ferroboral (FEB6), group 3 – ferrotitanium (FТі35) and ferrochrome (FeCr025), group 4 – ferroboral (FEB6) and silicocalcium (SiCa-30). They were introduced into the liquid metal in different percentages in the amount of 3 % of the mass of liquid cast iron. The following mechanical characteristics were selected: flexural strength (σ, MPa), tensile strength (UTS, MPa), deflection arrow (f, mm), hardness (HB), and whitening.

It was determined that the strength characteristics of cast iron treated with ferroalloys of group 1 reach a maximum at about 40 % silicocalcium in the composition of the additive. The tensile strength of cast iron reaches about 320 MPa, the bending strength is about 710 MPa, the deflection arrow is 4.5 mm, and the hardness corresponds to the HB250 level. The fact of competition of hardness and other mechanical properties was established in the range of silicocalcium content in the modifier composition up to 40 %. Thus, it was established that it is the combination FeCr025+SiCa-30 with the ratio of components of 40:60, respectively, that is rational.

The revealed regularities of changes in the amount of carbides, the size of graphite, and the amount of ferrite when using different additives allow us to explain patterns in the formation of mechanical properties of cast irons. Owing to this, it becomes possible to identify the mechanism of formation of properties, ensuring purposeful regulation of the quality of cast iron

Author Biographies

Stepan Klymenko, Physicо-Technological Institute of Metals and Alloys of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

PhD

Director of the State Department of Foundry Production under the Ministry of Economy and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Department of Physics and Chemistry of Foundry Processes

Anatolii Verkhovliuk, Physicо-Technological Institute of Metals and Alloys of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department

Department of Physical Chemistry of Alloys

Artur Sevoian, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

PhD Student

Department of Foundry

Oleg Akimov, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Foundry

Olga Ponomarenko, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Foundry

Pavlo Penziev, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

Senior Lecturer

Department of Foundry

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Determining rational complex modifying and alloying additives to improve the mechanical characteristics of gray cast iron

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Klymenko, S., Verkhovliuk, A., Sevoian, A., Akimov, O., Ponomarenko, O., & Penziev, P. (2024). Determining rational complex modifying and alloying additives to improve the mechanical characteristics of gray cast iron. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(12 (132), 15–23. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2024.318552

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