Abstract
A gas phase equilibration technique was used to generate Na2O isoactivity data at high-silica compositions in the systems Na2O-CaO-SiO2, Na2O-MgO-SiO2, and Na2O-CaO-SiO2-(10 and 20 wt pct) A12O3 at 1400 °. Loga Na 2 O values referenced to pure liquid Na2O at 1400 ° as standard state ranged from about −8.0 to −7.0. Silica activities were calculated in the Na2O-CaO-SiO2 system using the Gibbs-Duhem equation. Richardson’s model for ideal mixing of basic oxides in silica was applied to the Na2O-CaO-SiO2 system. The model shows best fit when cationic mixing is assumed to occur on divalent sites. The alkali retention in slags has been described using a defined “sodium capacity”. The temperature variation of alkali retention was estimated, and the resulting sodium capacity was used to evaluate alkali stability in blast furnace slags.
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