Method for detecting electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel

Abstract

A method for detecting electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel, the method comprises: measuring Euler angles of each of crystal grains in a specimen by use of metallographic etch-pit method; calculating orientation deviation angle θi (degree) of the crystal grain; combining area Si (mm2) of the crystal grain and correction coefficient X of element Si (X=0.1˜10 T/degree); correcting on the basis of the magnetic property B0 (saturation magnetic induction, T) of single-crystal material by using these parameters (θi, Si, X), formula for correcting is

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application represents the national stage entry of PCT International Application No. PCT/CN2011/072644 filed on Apr. 12, 2011 and claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201010207498.0 filed Jun. 22, 2010. The contents of both of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in their entirety herein.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates generally to a detection method, and particularly to a method for detecting electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel.

BACKGROUND

Epstein's square and circle method is stipulated by Chinese national standard (GB/T 3655-2000) as a method for detecting magnetic property of electric steel, which has strict requirements on weight, surface quality and so on of specimens. In the case that a specimen has too small weight and poor surface quality, it is impossible to use the Epstein's square and circle method to measure magnetic property (GB/T 3655-2000 requirements: effective mass of a specimen shall be at least 240 g, length of a specimen is recommended to be 300 mm, mass is about 1 kg; shear requirements of a specimen lie in that the shear shall be orderly, flat, being of good right-angle, and having no obvious burrs on the edge).

Etch pits are formed by preferential corrosion performed on crystal face of specimen surface. By use of this characteristic, it is possible to use metallographic etch-pit method to directly calculate crystallographic orientation of each crystal grain in the specimen (see “FORMATION CONDITIONS AND GEOMETRIC DIVERSITY OF ETCHED PITS”, Y. Luo, Acta metall Sin, 1982, 18 (4), p 472; “A STUDY ON THE DEFORMATION AND PRIMARY RECRYSTALLIZATION TEXTURE IN A MnS—AlN-INHIBITED 3% SILICON STEEL”, Q. C. Lv, R. J. Shuai, X. Y. Zhou et. al., Acta Metall Sin, 1981, 17 (1), p 58); “The application of the etch-pit method to quantitative texture analysis”, K. T. LEE, G. de WIT, A. MORA WIEC, J. A. SZPUNAR, JOURNAL OF MATERIAL SCIENCE, 1995, 30, p 1327-1332), and then to calculate orientation deviation angle θ_i of the crystal grain (see “ODF Determination of the Recrystallization Texture of Grain Oriented Silicon Steel from the Etch Figure”, G. Liu, F. Wang et. al., Journal of Northeastern University (Natural Science), 1997, 18 (6), p 614; “The application of the etch-pit method to quantitative texture analysis”, K. T. LEE, G. de WIT, A. MORA WIEC, J. A. SZPUNAR, JOURNAL OF MATERIAL SCIENCE, 1995, 30, p 1327-1332).

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy is a phenomenon due to a coupling effect between electron orbit and magnetic moment as one party and crystal lattice as another party, which makes magnetic moment have an optimum-choosing arrangement along a certain crystallographic axis, so as to result in difference of magnetization characteristics in various crystallographic axis directions. Crystallographic axis <100> is an easy magnetization direction, crystallographic axis <111> is a hard magnetization direction, and crystallographic axis <110> falls in between. As to oriented silicon steel, its electromagnetic property is closely related to crystal grain orientation <100> of a specimen (see “Electric Steel”, H E Zhongzhi, Metallurgical Industry Press, Beijing, 1996; “Mechanism of Orientation Selectivity of Secondary Recrystallization in Fe-3% Si Alloy”, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Takeshi KUBOTA and Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Textures and Microstructures, vol. 32, p 137-151; “The Relationship between Primary and Secondary Recrystallization Texture of Grain Oriented Silicon Steel”, Tomoji KUMANO, Tsutomu HARATANI and Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, ISIJ International, 2002, 42(4) 440). In view of the above, it is possible to use the metallographic pit-etching method plus calculation formula to take the place of magnetism-measuring devices to detect electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel, as an innovative solution, which has the advantage that it can detect electromagnetic property in the cases that Epstein's square and circle method is not applicable thereto, such as specimen's weight being too small or its surface quality being poor.

In Chinese patent (Publication No.: CN101216440A), this invention utilizes a unsymmetrical X-ray diffraction method by using a fixed angle 2θ to perform ω can, in order to determine distribution of lattice orientation in the easy magnetization direction [001] of oriented silicon steel. A shortcoming of this patent, however, lies in that only deviation angle of lattice orientation [001] of the finished oriented silicon steel product is measured, but not further studying relativity between deviation angle of lattice orientation [001] and magnetism of the oriented silicon steel product.

In Chinese patent (Publication No.: CN101210947A), this invention measures three Euler angles of lattice orientation at every point of a specimen by use of EBSD system and accounts ratio X in every same or similar lattice orientation, and then calculates reckoned thickness coefficient f_H, composition f_C and influence coefficient e of orientation difference on performance. Magnetic property B of the specimen is obtained by correcting these coefficients based on pure iron performance B^θ. However, this patent has the following shortcomings: firstly, since EBSD device is expensive and is cumbersome in operation, many enterprises, especially small and medium-sized ones, are not able to apply this technique; secondly, with regards to calculation model for magnetic property of a finished product, it has been found from experimental data (oriented silicon steel with thickness 0.2˜0.3 mm) that thickness has little impact on magnetic property of the finished product, and it has been found from researches on chemical compositions that Si is a predominant influencing factor, and other chemical compositions have a little or basically no influence.

SUMMARY

The object of the invention is to provide a method to detect electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel, which can implement detection of electromagnetic property of a specimen under the circumstances that there is no magnetism measuring device or that magnetism measuring devices cannot be used due to reasons such as weight and size of the specimen being too small or surface quality of the specimen being poor.

In order to attain the object, solution of the invention is as follows.

The present invention utilizes metallographic etch-pit method to measure Euler angles (α, β, γ) of each of crystal grains in a specimen of a finished product. Euler angles (α, β, γ) are a group of three independent angle parameters used to determine position of a fixed-point rotation rigid body, which consists of angle of nutation α, angle of precession β and angle of rotation γ. An orientation deviation angle θ_i of the crystal grain is then converted out from the Euler angles (α,β,γ), and finally, the electromagnetic property of the specimen can be calculated by use of other related parameters.

In particular, the invention provides a method for detecting electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel, which comprises: measuring Euler angles of each of crystal grains in a specimen by use of metallographic etch-pit method; calculating orientation deviation angle θ_i (degree) of the crystal grain; combining area S_i (mm²) of the crystal grain and correction coefficient X of element S_i (X=0.1˜10 T/degree); correcting on the basis of magnetic property B₀ (saturation induction density, T) of single crystal material, by using these parameters (θ_i, S_i, X), formula for correcting is

$\begin{array}{cc}{B}_8=-0.015\times X\times \frac{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i{\theta }_i}{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i}+\left(B_0-0.04\right)& \left(1\right)\end{array}$

The electromagnetic property B₈ of the oriented silicon steel is obtained by the above calculations.

For specimens of a finished oriented silicon steel product with the same thickness, it can be calculated from formula (1) that an interrelation illustrated by formula 2 exists between average deviation angle θ and electromagnetic property B₈ of the finished sheet product. The average deviation angle θ is a weighted average of degree of orientation θ_i of each macrograin (plus or minus sign merely denotes deviation of [001] lattice orientation to rolling direction from left side or right side) and area S_i (see formula (2)).

$\begin{array}{cc}\theta =\frac{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i{\theta }_i}{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i}& \left(2\right)\end{array}$

The present invention can implement detection of magnetic property of a specimen under the circumstances that there is no magnetism measuring device or that magnetism measuring devices cannot be used due to reasons such as weight and size of the specimen being too small or surface quality of the specimen being poor. At the same time, the method is capable to precisely detect magnetic property of any small region and thus is very suitable for laboratory research on magnetic materials, such as oriented silicon steels, and especially is representative for data of the same compositions.

Comparison of the Present Invention with the Prior Art:

the present invention utilizes a metallographic method that is more convenient to detect [001] crystal orientation deviation angle of finished oriented silicon steel sheet product, further studies relativity between the [001] crystal orientation deviation angle of the finished oriented silicon steel sheet product and magnetic property of the finished product, and finally obtains relational model of the deviation angle and the magnetic property of the finished product. And, the present invention might determine magnetic property of the finished product based on the deviation angle detected by the metallographic method.

By using the metallographic etch-pit method, the present invention overcomes shortcomings of EBSD technique, e.g., expensive devices and cumbersome operations, i.e., the invention is inexpensive and easy to use, as it might detect magnetic property of a specimen only with a metallographic microscope. Secondly, the present invention establishes a more suitable relational model between the deviation angle and the magnetic property of the finished product through experiments, so as to eliminate inoperative thickness coefficient and find out Si in chemical compositions has predominant effect on magnetic property of the finished product.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of Euler angles.

FIG. 2 illustrates relationship between average deviation angle θ and magnetic property B₈ of a specimen of a finished product of oriented silicon steel.

FIG. 3 is a photo of typical etch pits.

FIG. 4 illustrates the particulars and result of a specimen of embodiment 1 of the present invention (numbers labeled on crystal grains of the specimen are deviation angle θ_i thereof).

FIG. 5 illustrates the particulars and result of a specimen of embodiment 2 of the present invention (numbers labeled on crystal grains of the specimen are deviation angle θ_i thereof).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The invention provides a method for detecting electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel, which utilizes a metallographic etch-pit method to measure Euler angles of each of crystal grains in a specimen of a finished product, and then utilizes the measured Euler angles to calculate comprehensive deviation angle θ_i of orientation <100> of various crystal grains {110} in respect to rolling plane and rolling direction of the specimen, and meanwhile counts area S_i to which each of the crystal grains corresponds.

Electromagnetic property of oriented silicon steel with 2.8% Si content is measured by using Epstein's square and circle method, and then electromagnetic properties of specimens, average deviation angles of which is identical to that of the specimen with 2.8% Si content but Si contents of which are 3.0%, 3.2%, 3.4%, 3.6% and 4.0%, are measured. Suppose that correction coefficient of electromagnetic property of the specimen with 2.8% Si content is 1, specimens with other Si contents, by comparing magnetic property thereof with that of the supposed specimen, obtain chemical composition correction coefficients X of different Si contents. Finally, a correction coefficient X for all compositions can be reckoned by fitting.

Electromagnetic property B₈ of a specimen can be calculated in accordance with following equation, in which B₀ is magnetic induction property of a single-crystal material:

$B_8=-0.015\times X\times \frac{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i{\theta }_i}{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i}+\left(B_0-0.04\right)$

Embodiment 1

(1) An oriented silicon steel with 2.8% Si content is selected, which has thickness h=0.30 mm. SST (single sheet testing) detection is performed for electromagnetic property B₈(T).

(2) After the detection of the electromagnetic property B₈, insulated coating on surface and bottom layer of the specimen is removed; then the specimen is etched by use of special etch-pit process so as to enable each of crystal grains to have a clear etched pit (refer to FIG. 3 for photo of typical etch pits); and based on parameters (shape, deviation angle of rolling direction, ratio of both sides of the etched pit, etc.) of respective etched pit of the crystal grains, Euler angles (α,β,γ) of the crystal grain are calculated.

(3) Miller index {HKL}<UVW> of the crystal grain is reckoned by use of the Euler angles (α,β,γ) (calculation formulas are given in equations (3) and (4));H:K:L=−sin β cos γ:sin β sin γ:cos β  (3)U:V:W=(cos β cos α cos γ−sin α sin γ):(−cos β cos α sin γ−sin α cos γ):sin β cos α   (4)

Based on the Miller index, deviation angle θ_i with respect to (110)[001] is calculated (refer to equation (5));

$\begin{array}{cc}\mathrm{COS}\theta =\frac{h_1{h}_2+k_1{k}_2+l_1{l}_2}{\sqrt{\left(h_1^2+k_1^2+l_1^2\right)\left(h_2^2+k_2^2+l_2^2\right)}}& \left(5\right)\end{array}$

(4) Based on the deviation angle θ_i and corresponding area S_i of the respective crystal grains in the specimen (refer to table 1), an average deviation angle of the specimen is calculated, and magnetic property B₈ of the specimen is reckoned from the equation 1 and FIG. 1, which is then compared to actual measured value (refer to the particulars in table 2).

TABLE 1
deviation angle θi (degree) and corresponding area Si (mm2) of
2# specimen
	No.	Angle	Area
	1	11	50
	2	5	1320
	3	0	141
	4	9	30
	5	16	25
	6	3	450
	7	−11	99
	8	0	120
	9	4	44
	10	4	1500
	11	−2	30
	12	3	1000
	13	12	200
	14	0	1210
	15	−3	216
	16	9	500
	17	9	140
	18	6	2750
	19	0	196
	20	10	35
	21	2	96
	22	3	121
	23	0	30
	24	0	56
	25	−2	1750
	26	2	1080
	27	3	90
	28	−2	1400
	29	−9	60
	30	8	324
	31	2	225
	32	10	52
	33	0	2000
	34	2	660

$\theta =\frac{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i{\theta }_i}{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i}$ $\theta =3.3$

See FIG. 4 and Table 2, the figure shows the particulars and result of the specimen of the embodiment 1 (numbers labeled on the crystal grains of the specimen are deviation angle θ_i of the crystal grains).

TABLE 2
Measured value B8 (T)   1.95
Calculated value B8 (T) 1.9405
Deviation (%)           0.5

As can be seen from the Table 2, deviation of magnetic property data detected by the present invention over magnetic property data detected by SST is 0.5%, which fully satisfies requirements for high precision detection.

Embodiment 2

(1) A specimen of an oriented silicon steel with 2.8% Si content and thickness h=0.27 mm is selected. An SST (single sheet testing) detection for electromagnetic property B₈ (T) is performed.

(2) After the detection of the electromagnetic property B₈, insulated coating and bottom layer on the surfaces of the specimen is removed; then the specimen is etched by use of special etch-pit process so as to enable each of crystal grains to have a clear etched pit (refer to FIG. 3 for photo of typical etch pits); and based on parameters (shape, deviation angle of rolling direction, ratio of both sides of the etched pit, etc.) of respective etched pit of the crystal grains, Euler angles (α,β,γ) of the crystal grain are calculated.

(3) Miller index {HKL}<UVW> of the crystal grain is reckoned by use of the Euler angles (α,β,γ) (calculation formulas are given in equations (2) and (3));H:K:L=−sin β cos γ:sin β sin γ:cos β  (2)U:V:W=(cos β cos α cos γ−sin α sin γ):(−cos β cos α sin γ−sin α cos γ):sin β cos α   (3)

Based on the Miller index, deviation angle θ_i with respect to (110)[001] is reckoned (refer to equation (4));

$\begin{array}{cc}\mathrm{COS}\theta =\frac{h_1{h}_2+k_1{k}_2+l_1{l}_2}{\sqrt{\left(h_1^2+k_1^2+l_1^2\right)\left(h_2^2+k_2^2+l_2^2\right)}}& \left(4\right)\end{array}$

(4) Based on the deviation angle θ_i and corresponding area Si of the respective crystal grains in the specimen (refer to Table 3), an average deviation angle of the specimen is calculated, and magnetic property B₈ of the specimen is reckoned from the equation (1) and FIG. 1, which is then compared to actual measured value (refer to the particulars in table 3).

TABLE 3
deviation angle θi (degree) and corresponding area Si (mm2) of the
specimen
	No.	Angle	Area
	1	−3	10
	2	5	35
	3	0	30
	4	5	100
	5	7	128
	6	7	400
	7	9	100
	8	7	132
	9	−6	400
	10	−4	70
	11	7	300
	12	−3	90
	13	3	600
	14	0	440
	15	−5	50
	16	11	80
	17	9	9
	18	7	30
	19	5	300
	20	−6	144
	21	−23	16
	22	−6	36
	23	0	100
	24	18	40
	25	29	35
	26	−9	575
	27	17	1200
	28	7	91
	29	3	125
	30	10	40
	31	−10	20
	32	2	18
	33	0	50
	34	4	124
	35	0	40
	36	12	120
	37	0	255
	38	22	144
	39	17	15
	40	−4	300
	41	17	63
	42	5	230
	43	6	450
	44	−42	48
	45	−8	28
	46	42	15
	47	27	50
	48	0	300
	49	38	274
	50	10	51
	51	7	78
	52	20	226
	53	0	150
	54	14	144
	55	12	80
	56	13	140
	57	11	70
	58	−1	180
	59	−2	90
	60	6	280
	61	12	440
	62	7	375
	63	20	62
	64	−24	24
	65	−4	56
	66	0	700
	67	−2	1200
	68	14	9
	69	0	120
	70	0	400
	71	10	205
	72	8	150
	73	16	60
	74	−6	35
	75	13	360
	76	11	20
	77	0	140
	78	4	1600
	79	8	200
	80	16	80
	81	14	16
	82	−1	850
	83	14	63
	84	−2	54
	85	7	580
	86	10	42
	87	0	20
	88	7	56
	89	−3	56
	90	3	225
	91	11	25
	92	0	30
	93	−38	12
	94	7	6

$\theta =\frac{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i{\theta }_i}{\sum _{n=1}^i{S}_i}$ $\theta =7$

See FIG. 5 and Table 4, the figure shows the particulars and result of the specimen of the embodiment 2 (numbers labeled on the crystal grains of the specimen are deviation angle θ_i of the crystal grains). As can be seen from the Table 4, deviation of magnetic property data detected by the present invention over magnetic property data detected by SST is merely 0.4%, which fully satisfies requirements for high precision detection.

TABLE 4
Measured value B8 (T)   1.878
Calculated value B8 (T) 1.885
Deviation (%)           0.4

Claims

1. A method for detecting an electromagnetic property, B8, of an oriented silicon steel, the oriented silicon steel having a Si percentage content of 2.8˜4.0%, the oriented silicon steel comprising crystal grains, the method comprising: etching an etched pit into each of the crystal grains of the oriented silicon steel;measuring, using a metallographic microscope and the etched pits, Euler angles of each of the crystal grains in the oriented silicon steel;calculating an orientation deviation angle θi of each of the crystal grains using the respective Euler angles of each of the crystal grains;calculating the electromagnetic property, B8, using the following equation: