TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissolution Behavior of Mg from Magnesia-Chromite Refractory into Al-killed Molten Steel
AU - Liu, Chunyang
AU - Yagi, Motoki
AU - Gao, Xu
AU - Kim, Sun Joong
AU - Huang, Fuxiang
AU - Ueda, Shigeru
AU - Kitamura, Shin ya
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Professor Xinhua Wang of the Shougang Corporation (previously at the University of Science and Technology, Beijing) for his kind support in the P-SEM analysis. The authors appreciate the Kurosaki-Harima Corporation for supplying the magnesia-chromite refractory rod. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Iron & Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ) research promotion Grant.
Funding Information:
The authors thank Professor Xinhua Wang of the Shougang Corporation (previously at the University of Science and Technology, Beijing) for his kind support in the P-SEM analysis. The authors appreciate the Kurosaki-Harima Corporation for supplying the magnesia-chromite refractory rod. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Iron & Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ) research promotion Grant. Manuscript submitted September 26, 2017.
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© 2018, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Magnesia-chromite refractory materials are widely employed in steel production, and are considered a potential MgO source for the generation of MgO·Al2O3 spinel inclusions in steel melts. In this study, a square magnesia-chromite refractory rod was immersed into molten steel of various compositions held in an Al2O3 crucibles. As the immersion time was extended, Mg and Cr gradually dissolved from the magnesia-chromite refractory, and the Mg and Cr contents of the steel melts increased. However, it was found that the inclusions in the steel melts remained as almost pure Al2O3 because the Mg content of the steel melts was low, approximately 1 ppm. On the surface of the magnesia-chromite refractory, an MgO·Al2O3 spinel layer with a variable composition was formed, and the thickness of the MgO·Al2O3 spinel layer increased with the immersion time and the Al content of the steel melts. At the rod interface, the formed layer consisted of MgO-saturated MgO·Al2O3 spinel. The MgO content decreased along the thickness direction of the layer, and at the steel melts interface, the formed layer consisted of Al2O3-saturated MgO·Al2O3 spinel. Therefore, the low content of Mg in steel melts and the unchanged inclusions were because of the equilibrium between Al2O3-saturated MgO·Al2O3 layer and Al2O3. In addition, the effects of the Al and Cr contents of the steel melts on the dissolution of Mg from the magnesia-chromite refractory are insignificant.
AB - Magnesia-chromite refractory materials are widely employed in steel production, and are considered a potential MgO source for the generation of MgO·Al2O3 spinel inclusions in steel melts. In this study, a square magnesia-chromite refractory rod was immersed into molten steel of various compositions held in an Al2O3 crucibles. As the immersion time was extended, Mg and Cr gradually dissolved from the magnesia-chromite refractory, and the Mg and Cr contents of the steel melts increased. However, it was found that the inclusions in the steel melts remained as almost pure Al2O3 because the Mg content of the steel melts was low, approximately 1 ppm. On the surface of the magnesia-chromite refractory, an MgO·Al2O3 spinel layer with a variable composition was formed, and the thickness of the MgO·Al2O3 spinel layer increased with the immersion time and the Al content of the steel melts. At the rod interface, the formed layer consisted of MgO-saturated MgO·Al2O3 spinel. The MgO content decreased along the thickness direction of the layer, and at the steel melts interface, the formed layer consisted of Al2O3-saturated MgO·Al2O3 spinel. Therefore, the low content of Mg in steel melts and the unchanged inclusions were because of the equilibrium between Al2O3-saturated MgO·Al2O3 layer and Al2O3. In addition, the effects of the Al and Cr contents of the steel melts on the dissolution of Mg from the magnesia-chromite refractory are insignificant.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11663-018-1301-0
DO - 10.1007/s11663-018-1301-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047978240
SN - 1073-5615
VL - 49
SP - 2298
EP - 2307
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
IS - 5
ER -