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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Silicon Steel

If of steel the annealing temperature is Tboom of the dopant Fe3C then other additives with their corresponding Tp as annealing temperature may result in steel of varying desirable properties.

For example, silicon Si, as an additive.  Fe3Si, Z=326+14, density 7220kgm3, molar mass 195.6205gmol1,

vboom=3.4354densityZ

vboom=3.43547220326+14=269.60ms1

And,

Tboom=v2rmsMolarmass38.3144

Tboom=269.602195.620510338.3144=570.03K  or  296.89oC

and also,

Tp=v2rmsMolarmass28.3144

Tp=269.602195.620510328.3144=855.05K  or  581.90oC

If steel uses Si as an additive, does heat treatment at 581.90oC causes the material to strengthen as in annealing of steel?