The effect of magnesium on the hydrogen content of molten cast iron melted in a Tammann furnace has been studied. The results obtained were as followings; (1) When cast iron is melted in air, the addition of Ni-Mg alloy to the melt has no effect on the hydrogen content, and the hydrogen content is reduced by addition of Fe-Si-Mg alloy. (2) When cast iron is melted in hydrogen atomosphere, the addition of Ni-Mg alloy increases the hydrogen content, and it is reduced by Fe-Si-Mg alloy addition. As it has been reported that nickel has no effect on the solubility of hydrogen in molten iron and that silicon remarkably decreases the solubility, it may be concluded that magnesium increases the solubility of hydrogen in the melt. (3) When cast iron is melted in steam, the hydrogen content increases rapidly by the addition of Fe-Si-Mg alloy or Ni-Mg alloy, and also the hydrogen content increases very rapidly when steam was blown over the surface of the melt after the addition of Fe-Si-Mg alloy. A thermodynamical consideration shows that magnesium vapor reduces steam to hydrogen, which would rapidly enters into the melt, and also it is shown that magnesium in the melt is a far more powerful deoxidizer than carbon or silicon. (4) The addition of magnesium oxide to the surface of the melt does not effect on the hydrogen content of the melt when it is melted in air, the hydrogen content, however, decreases after a slight increase when the addition is performed in steam.
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