Professional paper
Microstructure and physical-chemical properties of petroleum coke as carburizer
Ankica Rađenović
; DSc, associate professor, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy, Aleja narodnih heroja 3, 44103 SISAK, Croatia
Katarina Terzić
; Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Regular grade petroleum coke is often used as carburizer in the foundries. Selection of carburizer depends on several factors, the most important being microstructure, physical-chemical properties and price. The paper investigates microstructure and physical-chemical properties of commercial coke as a potential carburizer in iron-carbon alloys. The content of carbon, sulphur, ash, some metals (Ni, Fe, V, Na), moisture, volatile matter and density was determined. Microstructure was determined by optical microscopy method. The results indicate that the analyzed coke and cokes of similar properties can be used as carburizers in the foundries.
Keywords
petroleum coke; physical-chemical properties; microstructure; carburizer
Hrčak ID:
50642
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Publication date:
31.3.2010.
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