Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 549–559 | Cite as

Reduction of Chromite in Liquid Fe-Cr-C-Si Alloys

  • Orhan Demir
  • R. Hurman Eric
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Abstract

The kinetics and the mechanism of the reduction of chromite in Fe-Cr-C-Si alloys were studied in the temperature range of 1534 °C to 1702 °C under an inert argon atmosphere. The rotating cylinder technique was used. The melt consisted of 10 and 20 wt Pct chromium, the carbon content varied from 2.8 wt Pct to saturation, and the silicon content varied from 0 to 2 wt Pct. The rotational speed of the chromite cylinder ranged from 100 to 1000 rpm. The initial chromium to iron ratios of the melts varied between 0.11 and 0.26. In Fe-C melts, the effect of rotational speed on the reduction of chromite was very limited. Carbon saturation (5.4 wt Pct) of the alloy caused the reduction to increase 1.5 times over the reduction observed in the unsaturated (4.87 wt Pct) alloy at a given rotational speed. The addition of chromium to the carbon-saturated Fe-C alloy increased the reduction rate. The addition of silicon to the liquid phase increased the reduction rate drastically. The reduction of chromite in Fe-Cr-C melts is hindered because of the formation of, approximately, a 1.5-mm-thick M7C3-type carbide layer around the chromite cylinders. This carbide layer did not form when silicon was present in the melt. It was found that the reduction rate is controlled by the liquid-state mass transfer of oxygen. The calculated apparent activation energies for diffusion were 102.9 and 92.9 kJ/mol of oxygen in the Si-O and C-O systems, respectively.

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Rotational Speed Material Transaction Chromite Liquid Alloy Slag Phase 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Orhan Demir
    • 1
  • R. Hurman Eric
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Metallurgy and Materials EngineeringUniversity of the WitwatersrandJohannesburgSouth Africa

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