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Thermodynamics of TiO x in blast furnace-type slags

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Equilibrium studies between CaO-SiO2-10 pct MgO-Al2O3-TiO1.5-TiO2 slags, carbon-saturated iron, and a carbon monoxide atmosphere were performed at 1773 K to determine the activities of TiO1.5 and TiO2 in the slag. These thermodynamic parameters are required to predict the formation of titanium carbonitride in the blast furnace. In order to calculate the activity of titanium oxide, the activity coefficient of titanium in carbon-saturated iron-carbon-titanium alloys was determined by measuring the solubility of titanium in carbon-saturated iron in equilibrium with titanium carbide. The solubility and the activity coefficient of titanium obtained were 1.3 pct and 0.023 relative to 1 wt pct titanium in liquid iron or 0.0013 relative to pure solid titanium at 1773 K, respectively. Over the concentration range studied, the effect of the TiO x content on its activity coefficient is small. In the slag system studied containing 35 to 50 pct CaO, 25 to 45 pct SiO2, 7 to 22 pct Al2O3, and 10 pct MgO, the activity coefficients of TiO1.5 and TiO2 relative to pure solid standard states range from 2.3 to 8.8 and from 0.1 to 0.3, respectively. Using thermodynamic data obtained, the prediction of the formation of titanium carbonitride was made. Assuming hypothetical ‘TiO2,’ i.e., total titanium in the slag expressed as TiO2, and using the values of the activity coefficients of TiO1.5 and TiO2 determined, the equilibrium distribution of titanium between blast furnace-type slags and carbon-saturated iron was computed. The value of [pct Ti]/(pct ‘TiO2’) ranges from 0.1 to 0.2.

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Morizane, Y., Ozturk, B. & Fruehan, R.J. Thermodynamics of TiO x in blast furnace-type slags. Metall Mater Trans B 30, 29–43 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-999-0004-y

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