The pressurized induction melting of high nitrogen Fe-Cr-Mn-Ni austenite stainless steel has been tested using MgO crucible high induction furnace with nitrogen pressure 0.45-1.0 MPa between temperature 1640 (1913 K) and 1700 °C (1973 K) . The results showed that with 1.0 MPa nitrogen atmosphere at 1913 K the solubility of nitrogen in molten stainless steel Cr12
Cr17Mn5Ni5
Cr19Mn15 and Cr20Mn8 was respectively 0.391%
0.692%
1.120% and 0.899%
and it was found that to a certain extent the nitrogen dissolution in molten stainless steel deviated from Sievert
s law; while the oxygen content lower than 350 x 10
-6
with 1.0 MPa nitrogen atmosphere at 1913 K
the reaction of absorbed nitrogen in molten steel Cr20Mn8 still was first order reaction
its mass transfer coefficient was 0.023 cm▪s
-1
and with oxygen content incre
asing in molten steel the nitrogen dissolving rate and equilibrium nitrogen content in molten steel markedly decreased.