Title: Niobium in cast irons

Authors: Xiangru Chen; Yang Xu; Wei Zhang; Aimin Guo; Qijie Zhai

Addresses: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Metallurgy and Materials Processing, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China; Key Laboratory of Microstructure, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China ' Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Metallurgy and Materials Processing, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China ' CITIC Metal, Capital Mansion 1903,Beijing 100004, China ' CITIC Metal, Capital Mansion 1903,Beijing 100004, China ' Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Metallurgy and Materials Processing, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai University, P.O. Box 275, 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, China

Abstract: The effect of niobium on microstructure and mechanical properties of Nb-contening cast irons, including gray cast iron, undercooled cast iron, and nodular cast iron were discussed in this paper. Besides, the application of Nb-contening cast irons was also proposed and expected in the future.

Keywords: niobium; chilled cast iron; nodular cast iron; mechanical properties; microstructure; grey cast iron; undercooled cast iron.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCMSSE.2016.081685

International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering, 2016 Vol.6 No.3/4, pp.215 - 227

Received: 15 Jun 2015
Accepted: 18 Jan 2016
Published online: 20 Jan 2017 *

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