Abstract:
The castability and microstructure of 22MnB5V
x(
x =0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75) alloy steel with different vanadium contents for automobile crossbeam were studied. The results show that the vanadium content has an obvious effect on the castability and microstructure of the steel. With the increase of vanadium content from 0% to 0.75wt%, the microstructure of the steel is refined first and then coarsened, the fluidity and hot cracking resistance are enhanced first and then weakened, and the castability is improved first and then decreased. Compared with those of the steel without vanadium, the flow length of molten steel with vanadium content of 0.5% increases from 511mm to 630 mm, and the crack length decreases from 3.5 mm to 0. When the vanadium content is 0.5%, the vanadium alloy steel can obtain fine internal structure and good casting performance.