Viscosity Measurements of "FeO"-SiO2 Slag in Equilibrium with Metallic Fe

The current study delivered the measurements of viscosities in the system "FeO"-SiO in equilibrium with metallic Fe in the composition range between 15 and 40 wt pct SiO. The experiments were carried out in the temperature range of 1473 K to 1773 K (1200 C to 1500 C) using a rotational spindle technique. An analysis of the quenched sample by electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPMA) after the viscosity measurement enables the composition and microstructure of the slag to be directly linked with the viscosity. The current results are compared with available literature data. The significant discrepancies of the viscosity measurements in this system have been clarified. The possible reasons affecting the accuracy of the viscosity measurement have been discussed. The activation energies derived from the experimental data have a sharp increase at about 33 wt pct SiO, which corresponds to the composition of fayalite (FeSiO ). The modified quasi-chemical model was constructed in the system "FeO"-SiO to describe the current viscosity data

Review of experimental data and modeling of the viscosities of fully liquid slags in the Al2O3-CaO-'FeO'-SiO2 system

A general model based on the Urbain formalism has been developed, which enables the viscosities of liquid slags to be predicted for all compositions in the Al2O3-CaO-'FeO'-SiO2 system in equilibrium with metallic iron. Available experimental viscosity data have been analyzed and critically reviewed. The Urbain formalism has been modified to include compositional dependent model parameters. Experimental data in unaries, binaries, ternaries, and the quaternary system have been described by the model over the whole compositional and temperature ranges using one set of model parameters. This viscosity model can now be applied to various industrial slag systems

A quasi-chemical viscosity model for fully liquid slags in the Al2O3-CaO-'FeO'-SiO2 system

A structurally based viscosity model for fully liquid silicate slags has been proposed and applied to the Al2O3-CaO-'FeO'-SiO2 system at metallic iron saturation. The model links the slag viscosity to the internal structure of melts through the concentrations of various anion/cation structural units (SUs). The concentrations of structural units are equivalent to the second nearest neighbor bond concentrations calculated by the quasi-chemical thermodynamic model. This viscosity model describes experimental data over the entire temperature and composition range within the Al2O3-CaO-'FeO'-SiO2 system at metallic iron saturation and can be extended to other industrial slag systems