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The activities of chromium oxides in a CaO-SiO2-CrO x slag system were determined with the electromotive force (EMF) method by equilibrating with metallic chromium at 1873 K. The effect of slag basicity on the activity coefficients of CrO and CrO1.5 was analyzed. The results showed that increasing the slag basicity increased the activity coefficient of CrO; however, the effect on that of CrO1.5 was not significant. The oxidation state of chromium in CaO-SiO2-CrO x slags was systematically investigated at both 1873 and 1863 K. It was found that divalent and trivalent chromium coexists in the slags. Divalent chromium oxide is favored, instead of trivalent chromium oxide, because of low slag basicity and low oxygen potential. It was concluded that the oxidation state of chromium in the slag system varied greatly from almost pure “CrO” to a composition corresponding to Cr3O4. In addition, the thermodynamic data in the slag system were assessed based on the regular solution model to mathematically describe the activities of chromium oxides in the slags. A group of model parameters were obtained. The calculated activities of chromium oxides were comparable to the measured data.
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Xiao, Y., Reuter, M.A. & Holappa, L. Oxidation state and activities of chromium oxides in CaO-SiO2-CrOx slag system. Metall Mater Trans B 33, 595–603 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-002-0039-9
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