Abstract:
The secondary oxidation caused by compositions of refining slag and Ca treatment on oxide inclusion was studied in TP347H stainless steel by EF+VOD+IC process. In industrial trials, the aluminum is used as the final deoxidation during VOD process. The FeO and SiO
2 contents in refining are decreased and the quaternary basicity is higher than 1.3. Then the total oxygen content is below 0.003%. With Ca-Si wire feeding and soft blowing the hard Al
2O
3 and MgAl
2O
4 inclusions are transformed to CaO-Al
2O
3 inclusion. The amount of MgAl
2O
4 inclusion is reduced and the melting point of inclusion is below 1500℃. This kind of inclu-sion is liquid during steelmaking process and it is easy to coalescence and flotation. And in the following rolling and forging process the inclusions have a little deforming ability with the matrix deformed and prevent the ingot crack.