Behaviour of Rare Earths in Solid Solution in Steel
摘要
The contents of rare earth metals(REM) insolid solution in 16 Mn steel were determined bymeans of inductive coupling plasma (ICP)spectroscopy.The amount of REM in solid solutionis only a few ppm in the steel with MnS inclusions,which rises slightly with the increasing of REMcontent in steel.At RE/S>1.9,the MnS inclu-sions in steel disappear completely,the REM con-tent in solid solution increases rapidly with the in-creasing of REM content.The solubility of ceriumin 16 Mn steel(st 52)is less than 0.011 wt—％ atroom temperature.The results obtained indicate that REM in sol-id solution reduce the amount of pearlite and in-crease that of ferrite and its microhardness.Dis-solved REM oculd increase temperature of criticalpoints,alleviate band structnre and suppressgrowth of austenite grains.