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The solubility of oxygen in liquid iron containing aluminum

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The solubility of oxygen in iron containing aluminum has been determined at 1550°, 1600°, and 1650°C and found to be much higher than predicted from theoretical considerations, possibly due to equilibria with an iron-aluminum spinel phase rather than pure Al2O3. The presence of manganese greatly increased the deoxidizing power of aluminum.

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  1. Union Carbide and Carbon Research Laboratories, Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y., USA

    D. C. Hilty (Member AIME, Research Metallurgist) & Walter Crafts (Member AIME, Chief Metallurgist)

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AIME New York Meeting, Feb. 1950.

TP 2805 C. Discussion (2 copies) may be sent to Transactions AIME before Apr. 1, 1950, and will be published Nov. 1950.

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Hilty, D.C., Crafts, W. The solubility of oxygen in liquid iron containing aluminum. JOM 2, 414–424 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399019

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