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University of Wollongong

2008

Kinetics

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Formation Of A Mineral Layer During Coke Dissolution Into Liquid Iron And Its Influence On The Kinetics Of Coke Dissolution Rate, M. Chapman, B. J. Monaghan, S A. Nightingale, J. Mathieson, Robert J. Nightingale Jan 2008

Formation Of A Mineral Layer During Coke Dissolution Into Liquid Iron And Its Influence On The Kinetics Of Coke Dissolution Rate, M. Chapman, B. J. Monaghan, S A. Nightingale, J. Mathieson, Robert J. Nightingale

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The formation and development of the mineral layer that forms between coke and liquid iron during carbon dissolution has been characterised. Coke particles (-2mm, +0.5mm) were added to the top surface of an iron 2 mass% C melt at representative ironmaking temperatures, for periods of time between 2 minutes and 120 minutes, before being quenched. The quenched samples were then sectioned and the solidified coke-melt interfacial region analysed in the SEM. Analysis showed that a mineral layer was present at the interface at all experimental temperatures (1450-1550oC) from 2 minutes and persisted beyond 120 minutes. The mineral layer was found …


Kinetics Of Spinel Formation And Growth During Dissolution Of Mgo In Cao-Al2o3-Sio2 Slag, Sharon Nightingale, B. J. Monaghan Jan 2008

Kinetics Of Spinel Formation And Growth During Dissolution Of Mgo In Cao-Al2o3-Sio2 Slag, Sharon Nightingale, B. J. Monaghan

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The formation and growth of MgAl2O4 spinel crystals on a single crystal MgO substrate submerged in a 40% CaO, 40% SiO2 and 20% Al2O3 slag was directly observed using high temperature microscopy. This showed that the crystals initially form on the MgO surface, but may break off and be carried out into the liquid slag. Still pictures extracted from digitally recorded images were used to measure the size of these crystals at 1420, 1440 and 1460oC as a function of time. Growth of the crystals was found to follow the parabolic rate law, with rates increasing with temperature. An estimate …