Abstract:To address the problems of fluorine contamination and equipment corrosion caused by the addition of fluorspar flux to high alkalinity refining slag for cord steel, B2O3 was used as a flux for CaO-SiO2-MgO-Al2O3 refining slag system instead of CaF2. Based on the current refining slag components of cord steel in a steel mill, five groups of experimental slag systems with B2O3 mass percent ranging from 0 to 10% were designed to conduct melting point melting speed as well as viscosity tests to investigate the effect of B2O3 content on the melting characteristic temperature, viscosity and viscous flow activation energy of high alkalinity fluorine-free refining slag. The equilibrium phase transition process of the slag system was simulated using FactSage software, and the experimental slag system was analyzed by X-ray diffraction and Fourier infrared spectroscopy to study the molten slag phase to reveal the phase evolution of the boron-containing fluorine-free refining slag system. The results show that: with the increase of B2O3 addition, the melting temperature and viscosity of the slag system significantly reduced, while B2O3 can effectively reduce the viscosity and viscous flow activation energy of the slag system, the best flux effect will be obtained when B2O3 is added at 7.5%-10.0%. The refining slag melting point without B2O3 flux is 1 423 ℃ and the viscosity at refining temperature is 1.11 Pa·s, when the B2O3 flux is added to 10%, the slag melting point decreases to 1 245 ℃ and the viscosity at refining temperature decreases to 0.28 Pa·s, the decreases reach 12.51% and 74.77% respectively. The study on the mechanism of B2O3 flux shows that with the increase of B2O3 addition, the initial crystalline phase of the slag system changes from the initial Ca3Al2O6,Ca3MgAl4O10 to borosilicate and silicate structures, and the polymerization of the system increases, while the fluidity of the slag system is improved due to the presence of [BO3]-simple planar structural units in the slag.
李小明, 谢昊峰, 邢相栋, 马雨溦, 张欣华. B2O3对帘线钢高碱度LF精炼渣助熔作用[J]. 钢铁, 2023, 58(7): 80-88.
LI Xiaoming, XIE Haofeng, XING Xiangdong, MA Yuwei, ZHANG Xinhua. Melting effect of B2O3 on high alkalinity LF refining slag of cord steel[J]. Iron and Steel, 2023, 58(7): 80-88.
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