Cu enrichment behavior at steel-scale interface during high temperature oxidation of Cu containing steel

摘要

In order to suppress the surface cracking induced by Cu during reheating and hot rolling process,Cu enrichment and its migration at the steel-scale interface was investigated during heating of steel cast at temperatures between 1000℃and 1200℃in N2-O2 and N7-H2O atmospheres.For oxidation of Cu containing steel,Cu enriched phase was formed by the preferential oxidation of Fe and the enrichment and migration behavior of Cu depends on the oxidation temperature,steel chemistry and atmosphere condition.Ni in steel induced the formation of solid Cu and Ni enriched phase at steel/scale interface and in scale layer and the formation of uneven steel/scale interface, which suppresses the Cu enrichment because of extrusion of Cu enriched region before the formation of liquid phase.On the other hand,Sn addition promotes the liquid Cu formation at steel/scale interface and penetration into grain boundary of Cu enriched phase by decreasing solidus temperature and solubility limit.In addition,for oxidation at 1 200℃,the behavior of Cu at and around the steel-scale interface was found dependent to a large extent on morphology of the oxide scale formed during oxidation.At the early stage of oxidation,Cu-rich phase formed and accumulated at the steel scale interface under both O2-N2 and H2O-N2 atmospheres.As the oxidation proceeded,however,Cu enrichment at and its migration from the steel-scale interface were vastly different for different oxidizing atmospheres.In the case of O2-N2 oxidation,an oxide layer formed initially at the steel surface, but soon after a gap was developed at the steel-scale interface and grew in its size,which practically separated the scale from the steel substrate.The scale layer formed under this condition was porous.The Cu-rich phase initially formed at the interface was found migrating to the scale layer,leaving no Cu-rich phase at the interface.In the case of H2O-N2 oxidation,however,the scale layer formed was dense and tightly attached to the steel surface,and the Cu rich-phase continued to accumulate at the interface.Regarding the behavior of Cu-rich phase formed at the interface,it is proposed with experimental evidences that,when a gap forms at the steel-scale interface,it is the vaporization of Cu in the Cu-rich phase through the gap that brings Cu to the scale.