The electrical conductivity of CaO-SiO
2-Fe
tO slag in contact with iron was measured at 1300°C using AC bridge (1000 H
z). A drastic increase of the electrical conductivity was observed with increase of Fe
tO content. The Arrhenius relation between the conductivity and the temperature were satisfied in both high and low Fe
tO slag (33.6 mol% and 67.5 mol% respectively).
Experiments were also carried out on the effect of additives on the electrical conductivity of the slag. From the results obtained for the fayalite composition, of which SiO
2 was substituted for additives, CaO and MgO were found to contribute to the conductivity by almost the same degree as equivalent Fe
tO. TiO
2 changed the conductivity only a little, which means that TiO
2 can be substituted for equivalent SiO
2. The conductivity of the slag, where SiO
2 was substituted for Al
2O
3, was equal to that of the slag, where Al
2O
3 was assumed to fix equivalent Fe
tO. CaF
2showed a minor increase of the conductivity.
The electrical conductivities were also measured varying the basicity (CaO/SiO
2) of the slag with constant Fe
tO and additives such as MgO, CaF
2, B
2O
3, Al
2O
3 and TiO
2.
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