High temperature fusion behavior of mixtures of ash exhibiting a wide range of melting temperature and additive has been investigated under reducing (CO/CO
2) at mospheres. Six additives were used: limestone, two iron ores, red mud, CaO obtained by calcin-ing CaCO
3 reagent, and Fe
2O
3 reagent. Characteristic ash fusion temperatures were measured in an electric furnace in conformity to the JIS M8801 method. A microscope equipped with a high temperature heating stage was also used to perform in-situ observation of the reaction and fu-sion behavior between the ash and the additive. The mixtures, treated in several temperature ranges from 900 V to the fluid temperature, were quenched rapidly and identified by the X-ray diffraction.
(1) It was found that fusion behavior of ash-iron are mixtures and ash-imestone mix-tures approximately coincided with that of the ash-reagent mixtures. The minimum value of hemispherical temperature was 100°C to 500&D lower than that of original ash. The fluxing deg;C f-fect of red mud was lower than that of Fe
2O
3 reagent.
(2) Partially fused phases were observed at temperatures 100°C to 200°C below the softening temperature. From X-ray analysis FeO was found to be the principal fluxing element that controls partial ash melting
(3) At softening temperature a shift from the local solid-solid reaction mode to the liquid-solid slurry reaction mode was observed. Above the hemispherical temperature volatiles and CO
2 gas were released in the form of bubbles and the shape of molten ash was changed into a sphere in a graphite crucible. This melting behavior was observed in all ashes irrespective of the presence of additives.
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