The E.M.F. of the following cell: Fe-Al-C
sat.|CaO-SiO
2-Al
2O
3(I)|C or MgO|CaO-SiO
2-Al
2O
3(II)|Fe-Al-C
sat., was measured at 1630° with reference slag: CaO 45.2, SiO
2 2.2 and Al
2O
3 53.7 wt% respectively, and it was found that the E.M.F. with constant CaO series first increased sharply, then decreased gradually with increase of SiO
2 content. On the other hand, with constant Al
2O
3 series, a marked increase of the E.M.F. was observed in the range near the liquidus of 2CaO·SiO
2. Now choosing the standard state as the liquidus line of Al
2O
3 at 1630°, the activity of Al
2O
3 in a given slag was calculated from the E.M.F. by the following equation:
E=
RT⁄6
Fln
aAl2O8. From the authors’ data, the isoactivity lines were drawn on the ternary coordinates of CaO-SiO
2-Al
2O
3. And symmetrical isoactivity lines were obtained on both sides of the straight line connecting between 2CaO·SiO
2 and Al
2O
3, which may be explained by the change of existing anion species in the slag. Finally the most probable anion species and their stabilities were discussed.
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