slags reported by different researchers, a total of 200 industrial measurements with large compositional variations and predicted results by summarised five L Mn models and two C Mn models. The developed thermodynamic model for calculating manganese distribution ratio can determine quantitatively the respective manganese distribution ratio L Mn,i and the respective manganese capacity C Mn,i of four demanganisation products as MnO, MnO • SiO 2 , 2MnO • SiO 2 and MnO • Al 2 O 3 . A significant difference of demanganisation abilities among FeO, FeO + Al 2 O 3 and FeO + SiO 2 can be found as 98, 1.8 and 0.2%. By comparing binary and complex basicity, the optical basicity is recommended to describe the relationship between basicity and manganese distribution ratio. With the aid of the current model, the co-effects of the N FeO /N MnO ratio and optical basicity on the L Mn and C Mn of CaO-SiO 2 -FeO-MgO-MnO-Al 2 O 3 slags are investigated.