The effects of the cooling rate on the solidification and microstructure evolution in the duplex stainless steel SAF 2205 was studied using DSC and light microscopy. A ferritoscope was used to measure the ferrite content. It was revealed that the cooling rate has an influence on the δ-ferrite nucleation temperature and the width of the solidification interval. Moreover, with an increase in cooling rate, the content of δ-ferrite increases, while the quantity of austenite in the ferrite matrix decreases and its morphology changes to acicular. A two-cycle DSC experiment made possible a more accurate interpretation of the collected data.
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