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In thermodynamic analysis of solutions of oxygen in Fe–Co melts containing carbon, the equilibrium constants of reactions between carbon and oxygen are determined, as well as the activity coefficients at infinite dilution and the interaction parameters in melts of different composition at 1873 K. The dependence of oxygen solubility in such melts on the cobalt and carbon content is calculated. In iron–cobalt melts, carbon has high oxygen affinity. The deoxidizing ability of carbon increase significantly with increase in cobalt content in the melt. In pure cobalt, it is more than an order of magnitude greater than in pure iron. Deoxidation by carbon produces gaseous oxides: carbon monoxide (CO) and dioxide (CO2). The reaction of carbon and oxygen dissolved in the melt and hence the deoxidizing ability of carbon depend on the total gas pressure above the melt. Decrease in gas pressure significantly improves the reducing properties of carbon. The minimum oxygen concentration for alloys of the same composition is reduced by practically an order of magnitude with tenfold decrease in the total gas pressure. The gas composition above Fe–Co melts and the equilibrium carbon and oxygen concentrations in the melt are calculated with total gas pressures of 1.0, 0.1, and 0.01 atm. The optimal oxygen concentration (1–10 ppm) in Fe–Co melts is reached at carbon concentrations between 0.01 and 1% depending on the total gas pressure (0.01–1 atm). The solubility of oxygen in iron–cobalt melts containing carbon passes through a minimum, which is shifted to lower carbon content with increase in the melt’s cobalt content. Further additions of carbon increase the oxygen concentrations in the melt. With increase in cobalt content, this increase will be sharper.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Aleksandrov, V.Ya. Dashevskii, L.I. Leont’ev, 2018, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Chernaya Metallurgiya, 2018, No. 1, pp. 46–53.
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Aleksandrov, A.A., Dashevskii, V.Y. & Leont’ev, L.I. Oxygen Solubility in Fe–Co Melts Containing Carbon. Steel Transl. 48, 11–16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0967091218010035
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