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Thermodynamic investigations and substantiation of the aluminothermic fabrication method of calcium

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To search for ways to solve the problem of decreasing the production prime cost of metallic calcium, it is proposed to consider its aluminothermic production by the example of the CaO–Al system. The thermodynamic analysis implemented for this system showed that the aluminothermic reduction of calcium from its oxide is technically performable under a pressure of 5–10 Pa and temperature of 1200–1500°C. It is revealed that the implementation of reduction under the residual pressure lower than 1 atm (101.3 Pa) considerably lowers the thermodynamic temperatures of the onset of the reaction. It is established that only three reactions, in the course of which calcium aluminates 3CaO ⋅ Al2O3, 5CaO ⋅ 3Al2O3 (12CaO ⋅ 7Al2O3), and CaO ⋅ Al2O3 are formed, can be used for the practical purposes. It is proposed, depending on the final state, to separate the process into a “low-temperature” one (up to 1200°C, the calcium yield is no higher than 64.3%) and a “high-temperature” one (up to 1500°C, up to 75% Ca). It is planned tofurther confirm these data experimentally.

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  1. National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Leninskii pr. 4, Moscow, 119049, Russia

    V. K. Kulifeev, A. N. Kropachev & V. P. Tarasov

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Original Russian Text © V.K. Kulifeev, A.N. Kropachev, V.P. Tarasov, 2015, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Tsvetnaya Metallurgiya, 2015, No. 6, pp. 15–22.

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Kulifeev, V.K., Kropachev, A.N. & Tarasov, V.P. Thermodynamic investigations and substantiation of the aluminothermic fabrication method of calcium. Russ. J. Non-ferrous Metals 57, 7–13 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1067821216010090

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