文摘
The properties of titanium carbonitride Ti(Cx N1–x) inclusions precipitated during solidification of tire cord steels and the thermodynamic conditions for their decomposition and solid solution during billet heating were investigated using a thermodynamics method. The solid solution of Ti(Cx N1–x) inclusions during high-temperature heating was also studied experimentally. The results revealed that: (1) the higher the content of carbon in the tire cord steel is, the greater the value of x in the Ti(CxN1–x) inclusions is; (2) the higher the content of carbon in the tire cord steel is, the earlier the Ti(CxN1–x) inclusions precipitated during the solidification process and the lower the solidification front temperature is during precipitation; (3) when an 82A steel sample was heated to 1087 °C, the Ti(CxN1–x) inclusions possess the thermodynamic conditions of decomposition and solid solution; and (4) when 82A samples were heated to 1150 and 1250 °C, the total number of Ti(CxN1–x) inclusions larger than 5 μm in diameter decreased by 55. 0% and 70. 3%, respectively. In addition, although smaller inclusions with diameter less than 2 μm continued to decompose when the sample was heated at 1250 °C for 2 h and then cooled to 1000 °C in the furnace, the number of inclusions larger than 5 μm in diameter increased.