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Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

Issue 4/2025

Content (75 Articles)

Acicular Ferrite Aspect Ratio Variations in the Weld Metal of EH550 Offshore Engineering Steel Processed by MnO–SiO2–TiO2 Fluxes

  • Brief Communication

Junjie Ma, Ming Zhong, Yanyun Zhang, Xiaobo Yuan, Imants Kaldre, Ishwar Kapoor, Peter Janos Szabo, Cong Wang

Discussion on “Optimization of Multiphase Flow and Initial Solidification Behaviours in a Stainless Steel Mold by SEN Design”

  • Letter to the Editor

Dipak Mazumdar, Rishikesh Mishra, Subham Ranjan, Krishna Avatar

Redox-Driven Formation of Lithium Metaborate for Ultra-Low Friction in B4C–BN Coatings with MgO and Li2O

  • Original Research Article

Mikhail Krivilyov, Ekaterina Korobeynikova, Sergey Reshetnikov, Evgeny Kharanzhevskiy

Numerical Investigation on Solidification and Macrosegregation of Electroslag Remelted H13 Steel

  • Original Research Article

Xuechi Huang, Haoran Xu, Zhongqiu Liu, Baokuan Li, Fang Wang

Extraction Mechanism of V, Nb, and Ge from Primary Vanadium Shale by Microwave Sulfuric Acid Baking–Water Leaching

  • Original Research Article

Liu Xuliang, Li Tianlei, Yuwen Chao, Liu Bingguo, Wang Zihao, Guo Shenghui, Zhang Libo

Effect of Furnace Parameters on Optical Emission Spectra of Hematite Reduction by Hydrogen Plasma

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Henna-Riikka Putaala, Henri Pauna, Areej Javed, Ubaid Manzoor, Dennis Klapproth, Isnaldi R. Souza Filho, Ville-Valtteri Visuri, Anumoy Ganguly, Marko Huttula, Timo Fabritius, Dierk Raabe

High Temperature Precipitation Behavior of Ce-Nb in Steel and Its Effect on Microstructure After Hot Deformation

  • Original Research Article

Hao Yang, Haojia Chen, Yang Li, Zhouhua Jiang, Ling Xia, Wenyu Li, Dafang Zhang, Yahang Wang

Composition Characteristics and Control Methods of Al2O3 − CaO + (Mn,Ca)S Complex Inclusions in D2 High-Speed Railway Wheel Steel

  • Original Research Article

Daohua Bao, Guoguang Cheng, Jinwen Zhang, Zhixiang Wang, Wei Li, Songwei Wang

Water Model Experiments on the Gas Flow Stability of Swirl Nozzles in a Copper Side-Blown Smelting Furnace

  • Original Research Article

Yadong Xiao, Yan Liu, Tingan Zhang, Xiang Li, Kun Wang

Unveiling the Mechanism of Aluminum Removing Vanadium from Crude Titanium Tetrachloride Via Deep Potential Molecular Dynamics Simulation

  • Original Research Article

Jie Zhou, Yan Feng, Xiumin Chen, Enhao Zhang, Huapeng Wu, Yunmin Chen, Haiguang Huang, Jianjun Li, Qian Yang

Characteristics of Single, Large-Sized, Spherical D-Type Inclusions in Ultra-High Clean Bearing Steel

  • Original Research Article

Guanbo Wang, Guoguang Cheng, Yanling Zhang, Lie Chen, Lei Hui, Qiang Wang, Honghan Cai

Thermodynamic Potentials of Selectively Oxidizing C, Cr, and V by CO2 Gas in Fe–C–Cr–V Melt Under Steelmaking Conditions

  • Original Research Article

Chunliang Gao, Yiwei Cui, Xinyu Meng, Baochen Han, Dan Liu, Guangsheng Wei, Yaqiang Li, Bo Wang, Liguang Zhu

Efficient and Sustainable Deoxidation of Waste TC4 Alloy in MgCl2–CeCl3 Molten Salt

  • Original Research Article

Jiarui Yang, Liguo Zhu, Lingxin Kong, Zuqing Zhang, Baoqiang Xu, Bin Yang

Insight into Ca Addition on Phase Transformation in CGHAZ of Mg Deoxidized Shipbuilding Steel Plates with In-situ Observation

  • Original Research Article

Liang Wang, Jian Yang, Yinhui Zhang, Yuqi Zhang, Yanli Chen, Zhipeng Dai, Tingting Li

Kinetics of Copper Solvent Extraction: Insights from Real-Time Analysis Mechanism Investigations

  • Original Research Article

Ashkan Mohammad Beygian, Eskandar Keshavarz Alamdari, Ali Kargari

Application of Spectrophotometry for Analysis of Arsine Gas in Electrometallurgical Research

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Henri Palomäki, Jari Aromaa, Justin Salminen, Mari Lundström

The Process Difference Between Aluminum and Silicon as Reducers in Vacuum Reduction of Magnesite

  • Original Research Article

Qiyuan Mi, Yuxin Tian, Yong Hou, Dapeng Zhong, Liwen Hu, Xuewei Lv

TiO2-Driven Inclusion Characteristics in Submerged Arc Welds of EH36 Shipbuilding Steel Treated by CaF2–SiO2–CaO–TiO2 Fluxes

  • Original Research Article

Yanyun Zhang, Zhengrong Liu, Shuai Shi, Hangyu Bai, Cong Wang

Mineral Phase Structure Evolution During the Roasting Process of Magnesia Fluxed Pellets

  • Original Research Article

Xuheng Chen, Wenkang Lin, Changyu Li, Yun Huang, Bin Wang, Shufang Lu, Shijing Chen, Wei Wang

Effects of Bi Addition on Bifilm and Mechanical Properties of C611 Aluminum Alloy Castings

  • Original Research Article

Zhen-Zhen Liu, Hong-Min Guo, Jiang-Hong Liu

Investigation on the Effect of Bulging on Mold Level Fluctuation in Continuous Casting of Peritectic Steel

  • Original Research Article

Zhendong Wang, Wenwen Yu, Yao Lu, Heng Cui

Comparative Investigation on Microstructure, Texture, and Properties of Copper-Bearing and Copper-Free Non-oriented Electrical Steels

  • Original Research Article

Yufan Wang, Guoqing Zu, Mingyu Li, Ying Han, Weiwei Zhu, Hui Wu, Yu Zhao, Xu Ran

Thermal and Mechanical Simulation of Peritectic Steel in Mold Based on Two-Step Coupling Method

  • Original Research Article

Kun Li, Tongjun Wang, Xiaofeng Zhu, Jie Yang, Ximin Zang, Lingzhong Kong, Guocheng Wang

A Greener Approach for Vanadium Extraction from VTM Concentrate via Na2CO3/CaCO3 Synergistic Roasting: Process Optimization, Characterization, and Techno-Economic Evaluation

  • Original Research Article

Luwei Bai, Junyi Xiang, Yaofeng Xu, Shuai Cao, Sheng Liu, Jing Yu, Hongyu Tian, Qingyun Huang, Kuisong Zhu, Xuewei Lv

Mathematical Simulation and Industrial Implications of Swirling Gas-Solid Distributor in the Bottom-Blowing O2–CaO Steelmaking Converter Process

  • Original Research Article

Haichen Zhou, Wenliang Dong, Haibo Li, Shunkuan Guan, Changliang Zhao, Chenxi Ji, Guohui Ding, Kai Dong

Modelling of Mitigation Strategies for Hydrogen Shrouded Supersonic Coherent Jets for Steelmaking Furnaces

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Gopal Pandey, Geoffrey Brooks, Jamal Naser, Daniel Liang

Numerical Modeling of Titanium Behavior in the Blast Furnace Ironmaking Process

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Yancong Liu, Shibo Kuang, Lulu Jiao, Aibing Yu

Study on the Dissolution Characteristic of AlN in CaO–Al2O3–BaO–Li2O–CaF2 Mold Fluxes

  • Original Research Article

Xufeng Wang, Yuanhui Qiu, Qiangqiang Wang, Quanfeng He, Yan Luo, Jianfeng Gu, Shengping He

Oxidation of Carbon Steels in Novel Reheating Conditions: Changes to Oxidation Kinetics

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Juho Haapakangas, Susanna Airaksinen, Eetu-Pekka Heikkinen, Timo Fabritius

Numerical Simulation of Contact and Wear Between Deformed Mold and Solidified Shell Based on Archard Model

  • Original Research Article

Hang Zhang, Weiling Wang, Chenxu Zhao, Zhaozhen Cai, Binzhou Li, Miaoyong Zhu

Effect of Oxygen on Thermophysical Properties of Molten High-Silicon Electrical Steels and Its Impact on Bubble Formation Behavior

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Lukas Neubert, Matheus Roberto Bellé, Sridhar Seetharaman, Olena Volkova

Investigation of the Mechanism of Central Crack Formation During the Solidification and Reduction Process of GCr15 Bearing Steel

  • Original Research Article

Yi Nian, Xin-yu Tang, You-cheng Zong, Shao-wei Hu, Chao-jie Zhang, Hai-chuan Wang, Li-qiang Zhang

Investigation on TiN Precipitation in Continuously Cast Slab of Ti-Alloyed Steel Via Multi-scale Simulation and Experimental Statistical Analysis

  • Original Research Article

Haoyu Lu, Sen Luo, Guorong Wu, Xin Xie, Xiaotao Ma, Yinchang Jiang, Weiling Wang, Miaoyong Zhu

Fluidity and Structure of CaO–Al2O3–MgO–V2O3 Slag for Smelting Al–V Alloys: Influence of MgO Content

  • Original Research Article

Hanghang Zhou, Yong Hou, Jie Dang, Yuedong Wu, Xuewei Lv

Thermodynamic Assessment and Phase Equilibria of Yttrium and Sulfur in Liquid Iron

  • Original Research Article

Jian Kang, Hongpo Wang, Zheyang Lin, Juntong Shen, Yu Wang, Ke Chen

Numerical Investigation on Carbon Segregation in Electroslag Remelting of W9Mo3Cr4V High-Speed Steel with Vibrating Electrode

  • Original Research Article

Fang Wang, Tao An, Wenbin Yang, Zhongqiu Liu, Baokuan Li, Pengfei Xu

Air Blowing Assisted Fabrication of Al–Si–Mg Foams by Melt-Foaming Route

  • Original Research Article

Wensheng Fu, Yanxiang Li

Investigation of Oxygen-Carbon Mixing Dynamics of Co-axial Jets in Supersonic Lance for Electric Arc Furnace

  • Original Research Article

Kunlin Yang, Shiliang Yang, Wengui Peng, Hua Wang

Effect of Al on Surface Oxide Scale and Internal Oxidation in Hot-Rolled Coil of Fe–Mn–Si-Based Alloys

  • Original Research Article

Wentao Zhang, Shiheng Liu, Weichen Mao, Jufeng Hong, Xinyan Jin, Guangxin Wu

Predicting Viscosity of Submerged Arc Welding Fluxes: A Deep Neural Network Approach Facilitated by Data Augmentation

  • Original Research Article

Hongyu Liu, Yanyun Zhang, Shuai Shi, Hang Yuan, Zushu Li, Cong Wang

In Situ Observation of Sustainable Hematite–Magnetite–Wüstite–Iron Hydrogen Plasma Reduction

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Henri Pauna, Isnaldi R. Souza Filho, Michael Kulse, Matic Jovičević-Klug, Hauke Springer, Marko Huttula, Timo Fabritius, Dierk Raabe

Effects of Cooling Methods on Phase Evolution, Microstructure, and Stability of Steelmaking Slag

  • Original Research Article

Wen-Feng Gu, Jiang Diao, Hao-Ran Tao, Jun-Yi Deng, Hua-Fang Yu, Takayuki Iwama, Cheremisina Elizaveta, Hong-Yi Li, Bing Xie, Shigeru Ueda

Deep Learning Model for Cold-Rolled Plate Defect Detection Based on Omni-dimensional Dynamic Convolution and Global Attention Mechanism Enhancement

  • Original Research Article

Wenguang Xu, Jianhua Liu, Yang He, Yuanmei Yang, Xin Xie, Xiaodong Yang

Effect of Mg–Ce Treatment on the Inclusion Evolution of Al Pre-deoxidized M50 Aerospace Bearing Steel During Vacuum Induction Melting Process

  • Original Research Article

Lichao Wang, Jialong Tian, Ji Ren, Chenggang Jiang, Zhouhua Jiang, Zhimin You

An Electrochemical Approach to Prepare Liquid Sodium-Lead Alloy using a Molten NaCl–Na2CO3 Electrolyte

  • Original Research Article

Yongxin Wu, Hongya Wang, Mengli Xiang, Zuojun Hu, Hao Shi, Fangzhao Pang, Bingbing Wang, Xiong Zhang, Dihua Wang, Xiaowei Liu, Huayi Yin

Kinetic Modeling of the High-temperature Reaction of Quartz

  • Original Research Article

Fei Li, Yuxuan Kang, Hanze Wu, Kaixin Yang

Industrial Experimental Investigation on Characteristics of Hook and Subsurface Inclusions in Ultra-Low Carbon Steel Continuously Cast Slab

  • Original Research Article

Wenjie Tong, Sen Luo, Gaolin Lv, Jian Gong, Zhentong Liu, Youjin Ni, Weiling Wang, Miaoyong Zhu

Synthesis of Sialon and Ferrosilicon Multiphase Materials from Coal Gasification Slag and Iron Ore Tailing via Carbothermal Reduction Nitridation

  • Original Research Article

Huan Jia, Hongfeng Yin, Yalou Xin, Shimeng Guo, Yun Tang, Hudie Yuan, Xiaohu Ren, Yuchi Liu

Effect of Y2O3 and CaO/Al2O3 on Physicochemical Properties of Electroslag for Reduced Activated Ferritic/Martensitic Steel

  • Original Research Article

Guo-Xing Qiu, Hong-Zhao Zhang, Lei Cao, Chao Chen, Yong-Kun Yang, Xiao-Ming Li

Deoxidation Process of (NbTaTiZrHf)C High Entropy Carbide via Molten Salt CO2 Capture and Electrochemical Transformation Method

  • Original Research Article

Yu Yang, Hui Li, Jinglong Liang, Qinglin Shan, Sheng Zhang, Hongwei Pan, Boxun Lu, Xiaowei Shi

Effect of La Treatment and Al–La Composite Treatment on Sulfur-Containing Peritectic Steel

  • Original Research Article

Peng Liu, Zhaozhen Cai, Miaoyong Zhu

How to Optimize the Blast Furnace Profiles for Maximum Energy Efficiency

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Junjie Li, Lulu Jiao, Shibo Kuang, Ruiping Zou, Wenqi Zhong, Aibing Yu

Effect of Melt Superheat and Shear Rate on Viscosity of Aluminium–Silicon Alloys

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Antonia P. Betzou, Michael Auinger, Prakash Srirangam

Modifications of Inclusions in Ca-Treated and Mg-Treated Pipeline Steel Melts

  • Original Research Article

Huajun Zhong, Min Jiang, Benli Luan, Xuechong Ren, Xinhua Wang

Average Sigmoid-Tanh Attention and Multi-filter Partially Decoupled Mechanism via YOLOv7 for Detecting Weld Proximity Defects

  • Original Research Article

Zihua Chen, Runmei Zhang, Meng-Yen Hsieh, Alireza Souri, Kuan-Ching Li

Deep Transformers for Analyzing BOF Steelmaking Data

  • Open Access
  • Original Research Article

Maryam Khaksar Ghalati, Zhou Daniel Hao, Jianbo Zhang, Hongbiao Dong

Environmental Protection Treatment and Resource Utilization of Aluminum Dross

  • Original Research Article

Xianglong Wu, Qun Zhao, Xiaohua Yu, Qingfeng Shen, Yan Lin

Effect of Applied Voltage on Wetting Behavior between CaO–SiO2–Al2O3(–MgO) Slag and Pt Substrate

  • Original Research Article

Peiwang Liu, Yunming Gao, Qiang Wang, Guangqiang Li

Understanding Abnormal Reduction Behavior of Partially Reduced Iron in the Blast Furnace

  • Original Research Article

Sohee An, Gyokhang Park, Taehyeon Kim, Dong Joon Min

Effect of K2O Content on the Viscosity and Melting Property of CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO Based Refining Slag For Spring Steel

  • Original Research Article

Ling Xia, Hao Yang, Yang Li, Zhou-Hua Jiang, Hao-Jia Chen, Wen-Yu Li, Peng-Fei Wang, Bo-Yang Li, Da-Fang Zhang, Ya-Hang Wang

Real-Time Surface Crack Defects Prediction of 82B Steel Billet Based on Multi-model Fusion

  • Original Research Article

Baorong Wang, Yongkun Yang, Zhiheng Yu, Weian Wang, Silong Zhang, Zhibin Geng, Shuan Wang, Xiaoming Li

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