MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01931-6
A. N. Makarov
{"title":"Convective and conductive heat transfer in the bath under the arcs of high-power arc steel-melting furnaces","authors":"A. N. Makarov","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01931-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01931-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present the results of evaluation of the radiant heat flux emitted by an arc and incident on the surface of an ellipsoidal segment in the bath located under the arc, as well as the heat fluxes of the arc incident on the surfaces of slag and metal. We also present the results of evaluation of the arc energy spent during the period of oxidation for heating the metal and slag from temperatures of 1610 and 1670 °C to 1660 and 1750 °C, respectively. The amount of unmelted scrap metal during the period of its melting and the amount of energy spent for melting scrap metal on the slopes during the oxidation period were determined. Based on the numerical and experimental results, we plotted isotherms over the slag and metal surfaces at the end of the oxidation period in an electric-arc furnace (EAF). The slag temperature varies from 2500 °C in the hot zones under the arcs to 1650 °C in the peripheral zones on the slopes characterized by the presence of pieces of unmelted scrap metal under the slag layer. The temperature of the metal varies from 2735 °C in the hot zones under the arcs down to 1560 °C in the peripheral zones of location of unmelted charge on the slopes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 2","pages":"183 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145168213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01934-3
S. M. Belskiy, S. M. Samsonov
{"title":"On the measure of nonflatness of rolled strips and sheets","authors":"S. M. Belskiy, S. M. Samsonov","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01934-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01934-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Numerical analysis and correct measurements of the nonflatness parameters of rolled steel strips and sheets is a quite complicated problem regularly solved by the employees of rolling mills. Consumers of steel sheets impose their requirements for the flatness of sheets according to GOST 19903-2015 (hot-rolled) and GOST 19904-90 (cold-rolled) specifying the deviations from flatness, i.e., the maximum distance between the surface of a finished steel sheet laid on a calibration plate and a ruler 1 m in length attached to it. In the process of rolling, the nonflatness of steel strips is automatically computed according to the difference between the elongations of the edge and middle parts of the strip and measured in the units called “I-Units.” We present the results of theoretical analysis of the measure of nonflatness of steel strips/sheets for various methods of approximation of their shapes. It is shown that the proposed formula guarantees an almost threefold improvement of the formula presented in the fundamental work by Yu. D. Zheleznov “Rolling of Flat Sheets and Strips.”</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 2","pages":"212 - 217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145169517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01924-5
Evgeniy A. Volkov, Marina K. Mikhailova, Alexandr G. Radyuk, Mikhail M. Skripalenko, Vladimir V. Sukhanovsky, Alexandr E. Titlyanov
{"title":"Methods of reducing the thermal stresses in the heat-insulation lining of blast-furnace tuyere with natural gas supplied through flange holes","authors":"Evgeniy A. Volkov, Marina K. Mikhailova, Alexandr G. Radyuk, Mikhail M. Skripalenko, Vladimir V. Sukhanovsky, Alexandr E. Titlyanov","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01924-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01924-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The method of injecting natural gas into the air passage of a tuyere with a heat-insulation lining influences the distribution and magnitude of thermal stresses within the lining. A computational analysis of the thermal stress state of tuyere components with natural gas injected through the flange holes revealed that the thermal stresses are maximum when the lining end is protected by a flange with inner diameter reduced on the lining side, whereas they are minimum when the lining end is protected by a ring.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"132 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145164069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01928-1
Zh. A. Yussupova, N. K. Dosmukhamedov, V. A. Kaplan, Ye. Ye. Zholdasbay, Yu. B. Icheva
{"title":"A mathematical model of the cyanidation process for the flotation concentrate of the gold deposit of Central Kazakhstan","authors":"Zh. A. Yussupova, N. K. Dosmukhamedov, V. A. Kaplan, Ye. Ye. Zholdasbay, Yu. B. Icheva","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01928-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01928-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, the results of the conducted research were used to develop quantitative mathematical models predicting the extraction of gold into solution from the floatation concentrate with a gold content of 17.9% depending on the material grain size, cyanide concentration, and process duration. It was found that with optimal grain size parameters—class 80 mm with a grain size of 10 μm, cyanide concentration of 0.1%, and process time of 20 h, high percentage of gold extraction into solution (86.7%) is achieved. A predictive mathematical model of cyanidation of a flotation concentrate has been constructed, which accounts for the mutual effect of the grain size of the material and concentration of sodium cyanide on the extraction of gold into solution. It has been established that the material grain size is the main factor affecting gold extraction. The variation in the NaCN concentration (from 0.1 to 0.2%) and process duration (from 20 h and longer) only slightly increases the percentage of gold extraction (by 0.3% abs.). The generated mathematical models adequately predict the extraction of gold during the flotation concentrate cyanidation process depending on various process parameters, such as the grain size of the flotation concentrate, consumption of sodium cyanide, and process duration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"166 - 173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145164080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01913-8
V. V. Stulov
{"title":"Stress analysis in the crust of continuously cast steel billets produced by molding","authors":"V. V. Stulov","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01913-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01913-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using the Rayleigh method, an expression was derived for the calculation of the stress in the crust of a cylindrical billet in the upper part of the mold. Key parameters, including the temperature gradient in the shell, its thickness, melt superheat, and billet diameter, were taken into account. Based on the stress and temperature gradient values calculated in Ansys, the exponent for the Kossovich number was determined. It is shown that the stresses in the billet crust depend on the mold design and its cooling system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"32 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145164070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01921-8
A. B. Yurgin, A. A. Ruktuev, N. V. Stepanova, A. E. Riznitsky, D. V. Khudyakov, I. A. Bataev
{"title":"Influence of heat treatment on the structure and properties of CoCrFeMnNi + NbC coatings obtained by nonvacuum electron-beam surfacing","authors":"A. B. Yurgin, A. A. Ruktuev, N. V. Stepanova, A. E. Riznitsky, D. V. Khudyakov, I. A. Bataev","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01921-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01921-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>By the method of nonvacuum electron-beam surfacing on carbon-steel substrates, we obtained a coating based on a high-entropy CoCrFeMnNi alloy reinforced with NbC particles. We studied the effects of annealing and quenching with subsequent artificial aging on the microstructures of the deposited layers, their elemental and phase compositions, and their mechanical properties. After surfacing, the structure of the samples is represented by the FCC phase corresponding to the CoCrFeMnNi alloy and NbC carbide particles. The procedure of thermal treatment leads to a decrease in texture and to the release of Me<sub>23</sub>C<sub>6</sub>-type carbides. The maximum microhardness (313±10HVV<sub>0.1</sub>) is achieved as a result of quenching of the samples in water from 1100 °C with subsequent aging. The wear resistance of the coating layers after different procedures of heat treatment became 2–4 times higher than for the untreated material.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"110 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145163873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01915-6
Anton V. Koldaev, Aleksey I. Dagman, Aleksandr Yu. Kazarin, Nataliya A. Arutuinyan, Saddam Z. Masharipov, Dmitriy L. D’yakonov
{"title":"Influence of thermo-deformation treatment parameters on the strength of hot-rolled high-strength low-carbon steels microalloyed with titanium","authors":"Anton V. Koldaev, Aleksey I. Dagman, Aleksandr Yu. Kazarin, Nataliya A. Arutuinyan, Saddam Z. Masharipov, Dmitriy L. D’yakonov","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01915-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01915-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>High-strength microalloyed low-carbon steels attract attention due to their unequalled combination of service and technological properties and their wide application in various industries. Currently, one of directions for their development involves the use of titanium microalloying and the search for appropriate optimal parameters of thermo-deformation treatment in order to achieve the required level of mechanical properties by controlling the formation of phase precipitates. This work investigates industrial hot-rolled steels with 355 and 420 MPa steel grades by thermodynamic analysis as well as by optical and transmission electron microscopy. It is established that an increase in the temperatures of finish rolling and reeling contributes to the formation of nanoscale interphase precipitates having the greatest strengthening effect. However, when reeling temperatures exceed 600 °C, the strength of the steel decreases due to an increase in the size of both grains and precipitates.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"55 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145164071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01917-4
D. N. Trushnikov, I. E. Keller, E. A. Krivonosova, A. V. Il’inykh, V. V. Chudinov, A. G. Aksenov, I. S. Khomutinin
{"title":"Study of special properties of austenitic steel, obtained by additive hybrid technologies","authors":"D. N. Trushnikov, I. E. Keller, E. A. Krivonosova, A. V. Il’inykh, V. V. Chudinov, A. G. Aksenov, I. S. Khomutinin","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01917-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01917-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An experimental and theoretical study has been carried out to analyze the impact of interlayer forging in the process of hybrid additive manufacturing on the development of fracture under dynamic and multicycle loading, which is relevant for justifying the models for estimating the resource of austenitic steel products. It has been established that forging significantly affects the strength of synthesized steel during quasi-static and dynamic testing, as well as the fatigue resistance during classical multicycle fatigue failure. It was found that interlayer forging leads to a decrease in the signs of trans-crystallization of the deposited metal and an increase in the proportion of equiaxial dendrites in the AISI 308LSi structure, which contributes to an increase in these characteristics during dynamic and multicycle loading of steel obtained by hybrid additive deposition. In the quasi-static range of strain rates, the tensile strength of deposited steel (with forging) reaches 810–820 MPa, which is 10% higher compared to the analog obtained by deposition without forging. Under the strain rates ranging from 10<sup>2</sup> to 10<sup>4</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>, the tensile strength of deposited steel (with forging) reaches 1400 MPa, which already exceeds the strength of the material deposited without forging by 17% (or 200 MPa). Interlayer forging during deposition significantly increases the resistance of steel to multicycle fatigue: σ<sub>max</sub> of the deposited material in the vertical and horizontal directions at a number of cycles above 200,000 exceeds σ<sub>max</sub> of the sheet material, while at 10<sup>7</sup> cycles, the material can withstand a maximum stress of 360–375 MPa, which exceeds the level of the sheet material by 10%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"72 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145168191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-05-20DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01914-7
M. V. Maisuradze, A. A. Kuklina, V. V. Nazarova, E. V. Antakov
{"title":"High-strength steels with bainitic structure and improved impact toughness","authors":"M. V. Maisuradze, A. A. Kuklina, V. V. Nazarova, E. V. Antakov","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01914-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01914-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Based on statistical processing of experimental data and thermodynamic calculations, compositions of high strength steels with bainitic structure and improved impact toughness were proposed. The stability of undercooled austenite and the ratio of the impact toughness of lower bainite to that of martensite were used as criteria for developing the steel compositions. The relative impact toughness of lower bainite correlates with the value of ∆<i>T</i><sub>0</sub>, which characterizes the position of the <i>T′</i><sub>0</sub> = f(%C) dependence on the equilibrium diagram for a given steel composition relative to the theoretical dependence for the Fe–C system. Experimental CCT (continuous cooling transformation) diagrams of undercooled austenite transformation in the developed steels were constructed. Analysis of dilatometry curves and microstructure of the steels after continuous cooling at rates of 0.1–30 °C/s allowed the determination of the quantitative ratio of structural constituents. The mechanical properties of martensitic and bainitic microstructures in the investigated steels were determined. A comprehensive criterion for the mechanical properties of engineering steels, including strength, plasticity, and impact toughness, was proposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"42 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145168119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MetallurgistPub Date : 2025-05-20DOI: 10.1007/s11015-025-01916-5
I. E. Volokitina, A. V. Volokitin, T. D. Fedorova
{"title":"Evolution of microstructure of 08C18Cr10Ni steel after thermomechanical treatment","authors":"I. E. Volokitina, A. V. Volokitin, T. D. Fedorova","doi":"10.1007/s11015-025-01916-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11015-025-01916-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper offers a review of an innovative technology for processing stainless steel wire by cryogenic drawing. It consists in the application of cryogenic cooling of the wire immediately after it exits a drawing die. The results of laboratory experiments clearly demonstrate that such treatment significantly improves the mechanical characteristics of the wire compared to traditional drawing without the cryogenic exposure of the material. The cryogenic treatment makes the material harder, which allows the wire to be used in harsher environments, while also affecting the microstructure of the metal by creating finer and more evenly distributed grains. Therefore, cryogenic drawing is a promising technology for processing stainless steel wire, resulting in the material with excellent mechanical properties. The application of this technology creates new opportunities for improving the quality and durability of products used in various industries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":702,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgist","volume":"69 1","pages":"65 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145168120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}