Melting and Solidifying Behaviors of the CaO–SiO₂–FeO_x Slags at Various Oxygen Partial Pressures

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The melting and solidifying behaviors of CaO–SiO₂–FeO_x slag with changing oxygen partial pressure are important phenomena to understand the mechanisms and determine the optimum conditions for iron ore sintering process. In the present study, the liquidus for the CaO–SiO₂–FeO_x system at 1523 K with the oxygen partial pressure of 1.8×10⁻³ Pa (1.8×10⁻⁸ atm) was firstly determined by using chemical equilibration technique. The liquid area was separated into two parts, such as high and low SiO₂ content regions. The fraction of liquid phase in the solid-liquid two phase region at high FeO_x content area was calculated with various CaO/SiO₂ ratios based on the determined phase diagram. Secondly, the melting and solidifying behaviors of CaO–SiO₂–FeO_x slag with changing oxygen partial pressure were directly observed at 1573 K by using a confocal scanning laser microscope. The observed melting and solidifying behaviors were compared with the previously measured phase diagrams with various oxygen partial pressures.