refined steel
2.The ingot iron containing extra-low sulfur and phospnorus, which has been pretreated with dealuminization, is refined into the steel 42CrMo in a 50 kg vacuum induction furnace by way of primary and secondary deoxidizations using carbon and alloying process. Then, the steel is remelted twice in a vacuum electron-beam melting (EBM) furnace to obtain 42CrMo steel ingots of which the total oxygen content T.
9.The results showed that,after suspension treatment,the solidification structures of the cast hot work die steel are refined,segregation tendency of composition is reduced,hardness of castings is increased from HRC 39 5 to HRC 44 15,impact toughness from 20 26J/cm 2 to 54 82J/cm 2,hot fatigue is raised one time,uniformity of the mechanical properties in section of test block and wear resistance are considerably improved,which can meet the requirements of application for hot work dies.

