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Impact of MgO-C with CMA- and Nanocarbon Addition on Steel Cleanliness

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Abstract: Non-metallic inclusions in molten steel mainly originate from refractory-slag-steel interactions during continuous casting and influence its cleanliness remarkably. The objective of this paper was to apply a new approach of minimising non-metallic inclusions by interaction with a suitable MgO-C-based lining material. With the purpose of investigating the efficiency of MgO-C and MgO-CMA-C to reduce endogenous inclusions, immersion tests were performed in a metal casting simulator at 1650 °C. Investigations of the inclusions were carried out by a special automatic SEM.

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Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank the German Research Foundation (DFG) for supporting this investigation through the Collaborative Research Center 920 "Multi-Functional Filters for Metal Melt Filtration - A Contribution toward Zero Defect Materials", subproject C01 (Project-ID 169148856). Furthermore, they would like to thank Florian Kerber for his development of a new evaluation routine of the ASPEX results in the framework of the Collaborative Research Center 920.

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  1. Institute of Ceramics, Refractories and Composite Materials, Freiberg, Germany

    Patrick Gehre, Theresia Preisker, Steffen Dudczig, Gert Schmidt & Christos G. Aneziris

  2. Imerys GmbH, Paris, France

    Christoph Wohrmeyer

  3. Imerys S.A., Paris, France

    Christopher Parr

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Gehre, P., Preisker, T., Dudczig, S. et al. Impact of MgO-C with CMA- and Nanocarbon Addition on Steel Cleanliness. Interceram. - Int. Ceram. Rev. 70, 26–31 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42411-021-0461-0

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