Abstract

Measurements have been made of the rate of reduction of oxidized iron oxide-containing 41CaO-38SiO2-21Al2O3 (wt pct) slags at 1360 °C by a rotating disc of solid iron. For initial total iron concentrations of between 1.8 and 13.4 wt pct and rotation speeds up to 1000 rpm, the rate is shown to be determined by mass transfer in the liquid phase. The chemical diffusivity of iron oxide (in cm2 s−1) is found to be given by the empirical expression log D = −6.11 + 0.08 (wt pct Fe). It is concluded that the values of the diffusivity are for melts at close to iron saturation. It is shown that the available measurements of the diffusivity of iron oxide in liquid slags are consistent with increasing diffusivity with increasing state of oxidation, with about a tenfold increase between melts in equilibrium with iron and those in equilibrium with oxygen at 1 atm.

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