A complete literature review, critical evaluation and thermodynamic modeling of phase diagrams and thermodynamic properties of the CaO-MnO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 system at 1 bar pressure are presented. A few new quaternary liquidus measurements are also reported. The modeling is based solely upon model parameters obtained by critical evaluation and optimization of the four ternary subsystems. The predicted quaternary properties and phase diagrams are in very good agreement with measurements. Complex phase relationships are elucidated and discrepancies among the data are resolved. The database of model parameters can be used along with software for Gibbs energy minimization in order to calculate any phase diagram section or thermodynamic property from 25°C to above the liquidus at all compositions.KEY WORDS: solution thermodynamics; CaO-MnO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 system; manganese alloy production; phase equilibria.es, but also equilibria between liquid slags and manganese alloys, were considered.In a few cases, there was disagreement between reported and calculated liquidus compositions. A few key experiments were thus carried out as part of the present study in order to resolve this conflict. It was found that the results verified the model calculations.The thermodynamically consistent phase diagram sections, calculated from the model parameters, elucidate the complex phase relationships in this system, and phase equilibria are predicted in regions of temperature and composition where no measurements have been reported.All thermodynamic calculations were performed with the FactSage thermodynamic computing system. 1) Phase equilibria are calculated by global Gibbs energy minimization. By coupling the presently developed database with other evaluated F*A*C*T databases for metallic solutions, gases, etc., FactSage can be used to compute complex slag/ metal/solid/gas equilibria. For example, equilibrium between CaO-MnO-SiO 2 -Al 2 O 3 inclusions and alloy phases can be simulated and studied. Examples of applications to inclusion engineering of Mn/Si deoxidized steel will be presented elsewhere.
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Thermodynamic ModelsThe thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria of all binary and ternary sub-systems of the CaO-MnOAl 2 O 3 -SiO 2 quaternary system have been critically evaluated by the authors, [2][3][4]8,9) and optimized model parameters have been obtained which reproduce all available binary and ternary data within error limits.The following solution phases (phases of variable composition) are found in the CaO-MnO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 quaternary system [2][3][4]8,9) : (i) slag (molten oxide phase), CaO- Liquidus projections of the four ternary sub-systems, calculated from the previously optimized model parameters, are shown in Fig. 1.For the molten oxide (slag) phase, the Modified Quasichemical Model 10,11) was used. This model has been recently further developed and summarized.12,13) This model takes into account short-range-ordering by consider- ing second-nearest-neighbor pair exchange reactions. Although manganese can exist i...