Abstract
This work investigates the dissolution of CaO into three different compositions of SiO2-CaO-Al2O3 slag similar to those found in industrial Si furnaces. It was found that CaO dissolution into the slag is fast. During the dissolution process, a layer containing 35–42% CaO was formed between the CaO particle and the slag, which corresponded to the phases CaO·Al2O3·2SiO2 or 2CaO·Al2O3·SiO2 in this study. Two models were investigated to determine the dissolution rate of the three slags. In the first model, the CaO particle is assumed to be a smooth shrinking sphere, and the rate controlled by the chemical reaction rate. The second model assumes that the rate is controlled by mass transport and depends on the diffusion rate of CaO through a boundary layer on the surface of the CaO. Both models gave similar accuracy to the experimental values, and a proportional relationship between the rate constants and the viscosities was obtained. At 1500 °C, the diffusion coefficients were found to be in the order of 10−6 cm2/s.
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