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The content of nonmetallic inclusions when rail and wheel steel is produced by intensive modern technology and modified by rare-earth metals is analyzed. The composition, morphology, dimensions, and distribution of the inclusions in the steel are determined in the case without oxidation by aluminum or treatment by silicocalcium and also with treatment of aluminum-bearing steel by both rare-earth metals and silicocalcium. Modification with rare-earth metals reduces the content of oxide inclusions in the rail and wheel steel. That improves the plasticity and impact strength of the products.
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Original Russian Text © L.A. Smirnov, V.A. Rovnushkin, A.B. Dobuzhskaya, G.N. Yunin, E.V. Polevoi, D.V. Boikov, S.A. Spirin, 2016, published in Stal’, 2016, No. 11, pp. 21–28.
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Smirnov, L.A., Rovnushkin, V.A., Dobuzhskaya, A.B. et al. Influence of rare-earth modification on the formation of nonmetallic inclusions in high-carbon steel. Steel Transl. 46, 805–813 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0967091216110127
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