Carbon monoxide reduction of (Fe,Al)
2O
3 was carried out in order to clarify the possibility for ODS to be made by selective reduction of solid solution. The microstructure of reduction product was observed with XRD, SEM and EDS. The results are summarized as follows.
The precipitate particle of about 100 nm was observed in iron reduced by 97%CO–3%CO
2 at 1273–1373 K and was identified as κ′-Al
2O
3. On the other hand, the precipitate particle was Fe(Fe,Al)
2O
4 of spinel structure by using low reducing potential gas of 80%CO–20%CO
2. The size of their particle was more than 200 nm.
And then, the sequential reduction of (Fe,Al)
2O
3 by various CO–CO
2 ratios at 1273 K was carried out to investigate the structure transformation of products during CO reduction.
Solid solution of (Fe,Al)
2O
3 was reduced to solid solution of Fe
3O
4(FeOAl
2O
3). When the iron oxide was reduced to ‘FeO’, the Fe
3O
4(FeOAl
2O
3) was transformed to ‘FeO’ and Fe(Fe,Al)
2O
4 of spinel structure with the irregular shape. The solubility of Al
2O
3 in ‘FeO’ was less than 1%. It seemed that the size of Al
2O
3 particle in reduced iron depends on the that of Fe(Fe,Al)
2O
4 particle in FeO, which was affected by reducing potential.
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