Effect of Mn on Solubility Product of Nonstoichiometric Vanadium Carbides in Austenite: Thermodynamic Calculation and Experimental Verification
摘要
The outstanding mechanical properties of V-alloyed medium Mn steels have received significant attention in recent years. The quantitative effect of Mn content on either stoichiometry or the solubility product of VCx (vanadium carbides) in austenite remains unclear. The thermodynamic equilibrium between nonstoichiometric vanadium carbide and Mn-added austenite using a two-sublattice model have been investigated in this research, in which quantitative experiments have been employed to derive the interaction parameter Lfcc Mn:C,Va for the calculations. The effect of Mn on the solubility products of VC0.87 and VC0.75 in austenite was calculated and compared with VC. The results indicate that Mn increases the solubility products of VC0.87 and VC0.75, although this effect diminishes as the carbon vacancy concentration in vanadium carbide decreases. Based on fixed compositions in the Fe-Mn-V-C system, the effects of Mn on the C/V atomic ratio (x) and the solubility product of VCx in austenite were calculated. The results revealed that an increase in Mn reduced the precipitated mass and C/V atomic ratio, while increasing the logarithmic solubility product of VCx. In addition, the calculation results were verified through extraction experiments. The quantitative solubility product of vanadium carbides involving stoichiometry provides a crucial reference for material development of the Fe-Mn-V-C systems.