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FIGURE 5

a b

Large elongated
M7C3 carbides
eutectics

Figure 5 Optical Micrographs of XW-42 Steel at (a) 1250ºC and (b) 1270ºC

a b

eutectics
eutectics

Figure 6 Optical Micrographs of XW-42 Steel at (a) 1300ºC and (b) 1340ºC
Figure 7 Relation Between Liquid Fraction Profile, Average Grain Diameter and

Shape Factor of XW-42 Steel at semi-solid zone


Grain
boundary
elimination

Small
isolated
grains

Figure 8 Grain agglomeration at 1340ºC that leads to grain boundary elimination.

Small unattached isolated grains will be slowly liquidated due to Otswald

Ripening

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