The preparation and property research of the stainless steel/iron scrap clad plate

As an attempt to recycle iron scraps, a new method is proposed to produce stainless steel clad plate by hot rolling. Iron scraps (Q195) were cold pressed into stainless steel pipe (304), and were subsequently hot rolled to produce composite clad plates at 1250 °C. Experiments showed that the iron scraps could be compressed into solid steel and joined well with the outer stainless steel surface using the proposed method. The shear strength of the bimetallic interface formed is about 273 MPa after seven pass rolling. The clad plates produced show good bending ductility. Element diffusion occurred at the interface during the hot rolling processes. The peak hardness appears in the vicinity of the interface due to the severe plastic deformation under high temperature and pressure during the rolling processes.