Abstract
The concept of optical basicity and its applicability as a means of correlating the available data on the sulfide capacity of metallurgical slags has been reviewed. An excellent correlation based on very extensive data at 1500 °C, which was discussed in a previous paper, is combined with good correlations based on considerably less data at 1550 °C and 1650 °C to quantify the effect of temperature on the sulfide capacity of slags. The combined effects of slag composition and temperature have been expressed in the equation, logCs = [(22690 – 54640A)/7] + 43.6A − 25.2. Use of this equation permits the calculation of the sulfide capacity of a slag at any temperature between 1400 °C and 1700 °C simply from a knowledge of its chemical composition, and can be employed for virtually any oxide slag of interest in the field of iron and steelmaking. This, in turn, permits calculation of the equilibrium distribution of sulfur between this slag and iron or steel, provided that the oxygen potential is known or can be calculated from the degree of deoxidation applied.
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