Metallurgical and chemical quality of low-alloy constructional cast steel vs. Mechanical properties

Production of constructional casting competitive for welded structure of high-strength steel first of all required high metallurgical quality of cast steel. Assumptions, methodology and results of investigation which the aim was determination of the most advantageous: configuration and parameters of metallurgical treatments and ways to modify, in aspects of reach the low-alloy cast steel of the highest quality as possible, are presented. A series of low-alloy cast steel melts modeled on cast steel L20HGSNM was performed, the way of argoning in laboratory induction furnace with a capacity of 50kg was worked out, modifications with additions of FeNb, FeV and master alloy MgCe were performed. During each melts samples of cast steel direct from metal bath were get and series of experimental casting was made. Chemical compositions of melted cast steel, contents of O, N and H were determined. Moreover in the article the influence parameters of quenching on mechanical properties of low-alloy structural cast steel, are presented. An attempt to quantify this relationship was made.