Report of Investigations 7936: Reducing Surface Hot Shortness of Copper-Containing Steels using Silicon Additions and Controlled Reheating Conditions

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• Personal Author:
  Copeland, Mark I.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  This study was conducted by the Bureau of Mines to determine the effect of steel reheating practices in burning natural gas on the amount of silicon required to prevent the formation of copper on steels containing up to 1 wt-pct cu. Formation of copper, which causes surface hot shortness, was readily prevented by as little as 0.3 wt-pct si and by 2 vol-pct excess oxygen in the furnace atmosphere when reheating steels containing up to 0.8 wt-pct cu. Up to 0.8 wt-pct si content and careful control of reheating conditions were necessary for steels containing 1 wt-pct cu. Best conditions for these steels were reheating to 2,200 deg f (1,205 deg c) in burning gases containing 2 vol-pct excess oxygen, and then to higher temperatures in gases of 6 vol-pct excess oxygen. Slag and mold wash were not detrimental on steels reheated for 8 hr by a soaking- pit-type furnace schedule, but they were problematical on steel heated for 2 hr by a pusher-type furnace schedule. The effect of silicon contents on scaling rates also was determined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Copper Metals Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552 (print)
• Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALRC - Albany Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  26 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  O'Hare, Stephen A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10009288
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-236269
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 236 269 :20 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 236 269
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6aa9a633a342a3d9208bd5a629bccab472963e385d6ee8bd606704e6f3b0a1f7b3372ad1c00b3e2c8dfdbebff46039407df361d6bd16bdf03caecac4363b263b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201986/cdc_201986_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.19 MB ]