Abstract
The viscosity of smelting slags from the Glogow copper plant in Poland was measured using a concentric cylinder viscometer. These slags contain typically 45 pct SiO2, 16 pct CaO, 8 pct MgO, 11 pct Al2O3, and only 5 to 7 pct total iron. The viscosity was measured as a function of the CaO, MgO, SiO2, Cu2O, Cr2O3, and Fe3O4 contents in the temperature range from 1473 to 1623 K. Silica and chromium oxide additions increased the viscosity, while small additions of the other oxides decreased the viscosity. However, at large additions of CaO or MgO, cooling resulted in a rapid increase in the viscosity upon reaching the transition temperature. This critical transition temperature increased with increasing additions of CaO and MgO. This was explained by the precipitation of solid particles upon reaching the saturation limit. Depending on the slag composition, the activation energy for viscous flow was found to be in the range from 200 to 370 kJ/mol.
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