The Fe-Cr-C flux-cored wires with 0 wt.%, 0.63 wt.%, 2.54 wt.% and 5.08 wt.% additions of nano-Y203 were developed in this work. And the different hypereutectic Fe-Cr-C hardfacing coatings were prepared. The phase structures of the coatings were determined by X-ray diffraction. The microstructures were observed by optical microscopy. The morphologies of the hypereutectic Fe-Cr-C hardfacing coatings were observed by a field emission scanning electron microscope equipped with an X-ray energy disper- sive spectrometer. The effectiveness ofY203 as heterogeneous nuclei of primary M7C3 was calculated with the misfit theory. The ex- periment results showed that, the microstructures of the hypereutectic Fe-Cr-C hardfacing coatings consisted of M7C3, ？-Fe and a-Fe phases. With the increase of nano-Y203 additives, primary M7C3 in hypereutectic Fe-Cr-C coatings could be refined gradually. The average size of the primary M7C3 was the minimum, which was 22 pro, when nano-Y203 additive was 2.54 wt.%. The calculated re- sults showed that, the two-dimensional lattice misfit between the face （001） of Y203 and face （100） of orthorhombic M7C3 was 4.911%, which indicated that Y203 as heterogeneous nuclei of M7C3 was middle effective to refine the primary M7C3.
The purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of La2O3 on the granular bainite microstructure and wear resistance of hardfacing layer metal. The hardfacing layer metals with different contents of La2O3 were prepared. The microstructures of the hardfacing layer metals were observed by field emission scanning electron microscopy （FESEM） and transmission electron micros-copy （TEM）. The hardness and wear resistance of the hardfacing layer metals were measured respectively. The results indicated that with the increasing content of La2O3, the amount of granular bainite increased, while that of martensite decreased and that of retained austenite did not change obviously. When the content of La2O3 was 2.55 wt.%, the volume fraction of the granular bainite in the hardfacing layer metal was 73.2%. Meanwhile, the wear resistance of the hardfacing layer metal was the largest, which was 12100 min/g. The mismatch between the face （100） of LaAlO3 and the face （100） ofδ-Fe was 7.1%. Therefore, LaAlO3 could act as moder-ate effective heterogeneous nuclei ofδ-Fe and the granular bainite could be refined.
The flux cored wires with different rare earth oxide additions for hardfacing the workpieces of medium-high carbon steel were developed. The microstrucmre of the hardfacing layer was observed using the optical microscopy. The average dimension of primary austenite grains in hardfacing layer was measured by image analyzer. The primary austenite grain growth activation energy and index were calculated according to Sellars＇s mode and Beck formula, respectively. Moreover, the effect of rare earth oxide on the growth dynamics of primary aus- tenite grain was analyzed, and then discussed with the misfit theory. The experimental results showed that, by adding rare earth oxide, the av- erage dimension of primary austenite grains in hardfacing layer of medium-high carbon steel decreased, and it was the smallest when the ad- dition of rare earth oxide was 5.17 wt.%. Meanwhile, at this rare earth oxide addition, the primary austenite grain growth activating energy in hardfacing layer was the largest, while its index was the smallest. The calculated results indicated that the primary austenite grain could be refined because LaAlO3 as heterogeneous nuclei of γ-Fe was the most effective.
The structure stability, elastic property and electronic structure of a-Fe supercell with La atom were inves- tigated by first-principles, in which, generalized gradient approximation （GGA） with the Perdew Burke Ernzerhof （PBE） was used as exchange-correlation functional, a-Fe supercells with La atom include a-Fe supercell with La atom in octahedral interstitial solid solute （La-OISS）, that with La atom in tetrahedral interstitial solid solute （La-TISS） and that with La atom in substitutional solid solute （La-SSS）. The results show that the La-SSS a-Fe supercell is more stable than La-OISS one. The resistance to volume change, reversible deformation and stiffness of La-OISS a-Fe supercell are stronger than those of La-SSS one. Moreover, the degrees of anisotropy and ionization in La-SSS a-Fe supercell are both stronger than those in La-OISS one. The bonding strength between La atom and Fe atom in La-SSS a-Fe supercell is larger than that in La-OISS one.
Cai-xia WANGJian YANGSha LIUXiao-lei XINGJi-bo WANGXue-jun RENQing-xiang YANG
The Fe-Cr-C claddings formed by arc surface welding with different La2O3 additions were investigated. The microstructures were observed by optical microscopy （OM）, field emission scanning electron microscopy （FESEM） and transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. The phase structures were measured by X-ray diffraction （XRD）. The wear resistances of the claddings were tested by friction and wear ex- periment. On this basis, the carbide refinement mechanism by inclusion enriched with La was discussed theoretically. The results showed that, the microsttucture of the Fe-Cr-C cladding consisted of primary （Cr, Fe）TC3 carbides and eutectic （γ-Fe＋（Cr, Fe）7C3） structure. With La2O3 ad- dition increasing, the primary carbides were refined, and the mass loss of the cladding decreased gradually. The Fe-Cr-C cladding with 4 wt.% La2O3 addition had a best wear resistance behaviour. The RE inclusion LaAlO3 as heterogeneous nuclei of the primary MTC3 was medium ef- fective, and could refine the M7C3 carbides. Besides, the wear resistance could be improved by adding La2O3 in the claddings.
A high speed steel （HSS） was studied for rollers in this work. The steel was quenched at 1150℃ and tempered at 520℃. The phase structures of the steel were determined by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and the hardness of specimens was measured. The volume fraction of carbides was counted by Image-Pro Plus software. The typical microstructures were observed by field emission scanning electron microscope （FESEM）. Stable and meta-stable carbides were deduced by removing the existing phases one by one in the Fe-C equilibrium calculation. It is found that the precipitated carbides are bulk-like MC, long stripe-like M2C, fishbone-like M6C, and daisy-like M7C3 during the tempering process. The stable carbides are MC and M6C, but the meta-stable ones are M2C, M7C3, and M3C.
Jing GuoHong-wei QuLi-gang LiuYan-liang SunYue ZhangQing-xiang Yang
