Characteristics of Secondary Oxide Inclusions in Si-Killed Spring Steel Bloom

Meng, Yaoqing; Li, Jianli; Xu, Qi; Wang, Kunpeng

doi:10.1007/s11663-023-02835-z

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“…A great number of studies have focused on the analysis of inclusions during the whole steelmaking process [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Meanwhile, the inclusion formation and control in a steelmaking unit, for example, a ladle furnace [16][17][18], vacuum degassing [19][20][21][22], Ruhrstahl-Heraeus [23][24][25][26][27], and tundish [28][29][30][31] have also been widely studied.…”

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Assessment of Inclusion Removal Ability in Refining Slags Containing Ce2O3

Cao

Wang

et al. 2023

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The elimination of inclusions in steelmaking processes has been widely studied. The removal of inclusions by slags containing the rare earth oxide Ce2O3 are studied using an integrated numerical model. The integrated model involves the inclusion motion model, interfacial tension calculation model, surface tension calculation model of slag, and the mass action concentration model, based on ion and molecule coexistence theory. The motion behaviors of both solid Al2O3 inclusions and 50%wtAl2O3–50%wtCaO liquid inclusions of varied sizes at CaO-Ce2O3-SiO2-Al2O3(-MgO) slag systems are evaluated. The results show that it is more difficult to remove the inclusions with smaller sizes and in slag with a higher viscosity. Liquid inclusions are more difficult to remove than solid inclusions. It is found that the CaO-Ce2O3-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO refining slag shows a better ability to remove Al2O3 inclusions than that of the CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO slag. The reason for this is that the addition of the rare earth oxide Ce2O3 can decrease the viscosity of slags, as well as improving the wetting effects of slags on Al2O3 inclusions. For two slags systems, the CaO-Ce2O3-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO slag system shows a better ability to remove Al2O3 inclusions than the CaO-Ce2O3-SiO2-Al2O3 slag system. The addition of 5% to 8% Ce2O3 in a CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO slag is an optimized case for industrial applications.

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