Abstract
The microstructure of 1.4 % carbon steel produced either by ordinary casting or semi-solid casting with different primary fraction of solids using cooling plate technique was investigated. The microstructure of ordinary ultrahigh-carbon steel (O-UHCS), was improved by the semi-solid processing. Grain boundary cementite thickness of UHCS and its morphology is affected by semi-solid process. Grain boundary cementite thickness of about 2 mu m can be achieved by pouring the semi-solid slurry with 0.31 fraction of solid. The pearlitic interlamellar spacing of semi-solid processed UHCS is shorter compared to O-UHCS.