The invention discloses a method for preparing a high-performance
rare earth magnesium-
silicon-iron
alloy through cooperation of pulsed
magnetic field treatment and multi-element microalloying, and belongs to the technical field of
metallurgy. The method comprises the following steps:
smelting ferrosilicon-based
alloy liquid in a submerged arc furnace; the base liquid is thermally loaded into a medium-frequency
induction furnace, trace elements such as Ba, Sr, Sb and Bi are added in a cored wire
feeding mode, and
electromagnetic stirring is conducted to achieve multi-element microalloying; the
alloy liquid is heated and then subjected to pulsed
magnetic field treatment, the parameters are as follows: the
magnetic field intensity is 0.5-3.0 T, the
pulse frequency is 5-30 Hz, and the
treatment time is 5-20 minutes; then adding
magnesium and
nitrogen under pressure and stirring; and finally,
casting and quickly cooling under the protection of
nitrogen. The solidification structure is refined through the pulsed magnetic field, the yield of microelements is increased through core-spun
yarn feeding, the
magnesium oxide content is reduced through
nitrogen protection in the whole process, segregation is restrained through rapid cooling, the magnesium
oxide content in the prepared alloy is smaller than or equal to 6% of the magnesium content, the macrosegregation degree is smaller than or equal to 0.3, and the average grain size is smaller than or equal to 50 micrometers. The alloy prepared through the method is good in spheroidizing stability, uniform in structure, low in cost and suitable for production of high-end nodular iron castings.