Microstructure, texture and magnetic properties of strip casting Fe–6.2 wt%Si steel sheet

Ordered phases and microhardness of Fe–6.5%Si steel sheet after hot rolling and annealing

“…Many researchers reported several methods to obtain high silicon steel sheets without rolling, such as chemical vapor deposition by Takada et al [21], rapid quenching [9] and special thermomechanical route by R. Yanez et al [2,16,18]. The siliconizing process can be performed [10] by some methods such as chemical vapour deposition CVD [11], physical vapour deposition (PVD) [12], hot dipping [13], and electron beam physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD) [14].…”

“…Therefore, the change of its strain-hardening exponent can be determined by means of Vickers microhardness test and the observation of its surface deformation 9. The indentation morphology of Vickers hardness of experiment steel under different rolling conditions was analyzed through the optical images of the contact morphology of Vickers indenter.…”

Effects of rolling temperature on microstructure, texture, formability and magnetic properties in strip casting Fe-6.5 wt% Si non-oriented electrical steel

“…On the one hand, it can create extremely fine solidification microstructure owing to its relatively high cooling rate. On the other hand, it can generate desired microstructure and texture in the initial as-cast sheet [9][10][11][12][13][14], which has an influence on the evolution of microstructure and texture during rolling and annealing and the final properties [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Thus, it may be a new promising low-cost and compact way to produce 6.5 wt% silicon steel sheet by means of strip casting and rolling method.…”

Fabrication of grain-oriented silicon steel by a novel way: Strip casting process

“…The 3.6 mm-thick as-cast strip was produced by using strip casting, as reported in previous literatures [17,18]. The as-cast strip was hot rolled to 2.3 mm at 1130 1C, cooled by cold water and followed by normalizing in which the hot rolled strip was respectively soaked at 1130 1C and 930 1C for 2 min and quenched by boiling water.…”