The Effect of SiC on the Phase Composition and Structure of Mixed Slag

oleh: Shuai Hao, Guoping Luo, Yuanyuan Lu, Shengli An, Yifan Chai, Wei Song

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: MDPI AG 2023-05-01

Deskripsi

In order to investigate the influence of SiC on the composition and structure of mixed slag (blast-furnace slag: steel slag = 1:9), the chemical composition, equilibrium-phase composition, and microscopic morphological characteristics and elemental distribution in the microscopic region of the SiC-reagent-tempered slag samples were analyzed by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), FactSage7.1 thermodynamic analysis software, scanning electron microscope, and energy spectrum analyzer. It was found that the main physical phases of the tempered slag samples were magnesia–silica–calcite (Ca<sub>3</sub>Mg(SiO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>, C<sub>3</sub>MS<sub>2</sub>), calcium–aluminum yellow feldspar (Ca<sub>2</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>7</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>AS), C<sub>2</sub>S, and iron alloy. Theoretical calculations suggest that the experimental temperature should be higher than 1500 °C to facilitate the combination of P<sup>5+</sup> with Fe and Mn in the liquid phase to form an alloy, reduce the P5+ content in the tempered slag, and create conditions for the self-powdering of the conditioned slag. The doping of the SiC reagent can increase the liquid phase line temperature and reduce the binary basicity in the liquid phase; the liquid phase line temperatures were 1150 °C, 1200 °C, and 1300 °C and the basicities in the liquid phase were 4.68, 4.13, and 3.10 for the doping amounts of 3%, 4%, and 5% of the SiC reagent, respectively. The mixed slag doped with 4% SiC reagent achieves self-powdering and reduction of ferroalloys during the air-cooling and cooling processes, realizing the purpose of “resource utilization” of blast-furnace slag and steel slag.