The formation mechanism of inclusion in welds with different aluminum contents was determined based on thermodynamic equilibrium in self-shielded flux cored arc welds. Inclusions in welds were systematically studied by optical microscopy, scanning microscopy and image analyzer. The results show that the average size and the contamination rate of inclusions in low-aluminum weld are lower than those in high-aluminum weld. Highly faceted AlN inclusions with big size in the high-aluminum weld are more than those in low-aluminum weld. As a result,the low temperature impact toughness of low-aluminum weld is higher than that of high-aluminum weld. Finally,the thermodynamic analysis indicates that thermodynamic result agrees with the experimental data.
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