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The reduction behavior of the Panzhihua titanomagnetite concentrates (PTC) briquette with coal was investigated by temperature-programmed heating under argon atmosphere in a vertical tube electric furnace. The mass loss behavior of the PTC-coal mixture was checked by thermogravimetric analysis method in argon with a heating rate of 5 K (5 °C)/ min. It was found that there are five stages during the carbothermic reduction process of the PTC. The devolatilization of coal occurred in the first stage, and reductions of iron oxides mainly occurred in the second and third stages. The reduction rate of iron oxide in the third stage was much higher than that in the second stage because of the significant rate of carbon gasification reaction. The iron in the ilmenite was reduced in the fourth stage. In the final stage, the rutile was partially reduced to lower valence oxides. The phase transformation of the briquette reduced at different temperatures was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The main phases of sample reduced at 1173 K (900 °C) are metallic iron, ilmenite (FeTiO3), and titanomagnetite (Fe3–x Ti x O4). The traces of rutile (TiO2) were observed at 1273 K (1000 °C). The iron carbide (Fe3C) and ferrous-pseudobrookite (FeTi2O5) appeared at 1473 K (1200 °C). The titanium carbide was found in the sample reduced at 1623 K (1350 °C). The shrinkages of reduced briquettes, which increased with increase in the temperature, were found to depend greatly on the temperature. With increasing the reduction temperature to 1573 K (1300 °C), the iron nuggets were observed outside of the samples reduced. The nugget formation can indicate a new process of ironmaking with titanomagnetite similar to ITmk3 (Ironmaking Technology Mark 3).
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The authors are especially grateful to Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51090383 and No. 51090382), and also to Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student granted by Ministry of Education (Grant No. 0903005109081-8).
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Hu, T., Lv, X., Bai, C. et al. Reduction Behavior of Panzhihua Titanomagnetite Concentrates with Coal. Metall Mater Trans B 44, 252–260 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-012-9783-7
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