Abstract
Reticulated ceramic filters play an important role in the reduction of non-metallic inclusions in molten steel, which can improve the quality of steel products. In this work, periclase-magnesium aluminate spinel ceramic filters with Al2O3 and TiO2 functional coatings were fabricated by using microporous MgO powder, respectively. The effects of the functional coatings on their microstructure, properties and purification capacity on molten steel were studied. The filter with Al2O3 functional coating exhibited the best mechanical properties owing to the good rheological properties of the coating slurry, as well as the formation of in-situ spinel layer connection between the Al2O3 functional coating and the microporous MgO layer of the filter substrate. Compared with the filters without functional coating or with TiO2 functional coating, the filter with Al2O3 functional coating made more Al2O3 inclusions deposit on the filter surface by physical adsorption due to the same chemical composition between the functional coating and inclusions, which significantly improved the adsorption capacity of filter for Al2O3 inclusions in molten steel. Overall, the filter with Al2O3 functional coating had the highest cold compressive strength of 1.4 MPa, a residual retention of cold compressive strength after thermal shock of 65.71 % and an efficiency of 36.56 % in reducing the total oxygen content of the steel.
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