Verification of Possibility of Molten Steels Decopperization with ZnAl2O4

Autor: Xingwen Wei, Steffen Dudczig, Dmitry Chebykin, Christos G. Aneziris, Olena Volkova
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 11, Iss 12, p 2030 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met11122030
Popis: In the previous research works, ZnAl2O4 material was considered as one of the solutions for the decopperization process of molten steels; up to 33% of decopperization efficiency was reported by utilising the ZnAl2O4 filter. In order to verify the decopperization possibility of ZnAl2O4 materials, iron-based alloys with various copper and carbon contents were interacted with ZnAl2O4 substrates in a heating microscope under an argon gas atmosphere at 1600 °C. Fe-Cu alloys were found to react with the ZnAl2O4 substrate during the interaction process, and a reaction layer with a complex composition around the alloy droplet was formed; however, Cu was not detected in the reaction layer. Cu was later found infiltrated inside of the ZnAl2O4 substrates. Furthermore, the Cu-Zn compounds were detected when the copper content in Fe-Cu alloys was 10 wt% Cu. After interaction experiments, copper was decreased in all cases. Thereby, the copper evaporation and infiltration into the ZnAl2O4 substrate were considered as the reasons for copper loss. Moreover, oxygen dissolved in melt was found to have a great effect on the copper evaporation process.
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