Three hundred grams of Fe-C-Mn (1.5%) alloy in an electrode graphite crucible was melted in an induction furnace, maximun 20% potassium sulfide was added onto the surface of the molten metal at 1400°C.
After various holding time, the melt was poured into iron mold to determine the content of manganese and sulfur.
Microscopic observation and electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPMA) have been used in order to clarify the reaction product in these specimens.
The addition of potassium sulfide to molten iron could remove a large amount of manganese ; i. e., about 80% manganese could be removed by using a 7.5% additions of potassium sulfide. The rate of manganese removal from molten iron to slag was very rapid.
A large number of polygon reaction products and blow holes with diameter about 200
μm or more were observed in the specimen quenched into water after potassium addition.
Quantitative EPMA showed that these reaction products were manganese sulfide.
It is suggested that manganese in molten iron and sulfur in potassium sulfide interact, forming manganese sulfides and these move rapidly to the surface by attach to rising potassium gas bubbles.
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