Fabrication of a high-strength steel article with inclusion control during melting
US6692550B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC22C38/52
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A steel article is fabricated by providing an iron-base alloy having less than about 0.5 weight percent aluminum, melting the alloy to form a melt, adding calcium to the melt, thereafter adding aluminum to the melt to increase the aluminum content of the melt to more than about 0.5 weight percent aluminum, and casting the melt to form a casting. Other calcium additions may be made simultaneously with the adding of aluminum, and after the adding of aluminum but before casting the melt. The calcium additions deoxidize the melt to minimize the formation of clustered aluminum-oxygen-based inclusions.
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