Mn evaporation and denitrification behaviors of molten Mn steel in the vacuum refining with slag process

Considering the precise composition control on the vacuum refining of high-Mn steel, the behaviors of both Mn evaporation and nitrogen removal from molten Mn steel were investigated via vacuum slag refining in a vacuum induction furnace. It was found that the reaction interfaces of denitrification and Mn evaporation tend to migrate from the surface of slag layer to the surface of molten steel with the gradual exposure of molten steel during the vacuum slag refining process. Significantly, compared with the experimental group without slag addition, the addition of slag into steel can result in a lower Mn evaporation rate constant of 0.0192 cm·min~(-1) at 370 Pa, while the denitrification rate is almost not affected. Besides, the slag has a stronger inhibitory effect on Mn evaporation than the reduced vacuum pressure. Moreover, the inhibitory effect of the slag layer on Mn evaporation can be weakened with the increase of the initial Mn content in molten steel. The slag layer can work as an inhibitory layer to reduce the Mn evaporation from molten steel, the evaporation reaction of Mn mainly proceeds on the surface of the molten steel. This may be attributed to the Mn mass transfer coefficient for one of reaction at steel/slag interface, mass transfer in molten slag, and evaporation reaction at slag/gas interface is lower than that of evaporation reaction at steel/gas interface. The introduction of slag is proposed for both denitrification and manganese control during the vacuum refining process of Mn steels.

Denaturation behavior of inclusions in industrial pure iron by calcium treatment

Only a few Chinese enterprises can produce high-quality industrial pure iron,and studies on the smelting process of industrial pure iron were limited.The inclusions in a melting process were characterized by means of electron microscopy and an automatic inclusion analysis system,and the evolution mechanism of inclusion was studied using thermodynamic calculation to optimize the calcium alloy addition in liquid window.The results show that during the smelting process,inclusions mainly composed of Al_(2)O_(3)and spinel are formed before calcium treatment.After calcium treatment,they continuously react with[Ca],[S]and[Ti],grow up,and are removed during refining and tundish pouring.In the end,there are more small-sized inclusions containing CaS,and the contents of Al_(2)O_(3)and spinel are less.According to thermodynamic calculations,the appropriate calcium treatment liquid window for the molten steel composition is(10-38)×10^(-6).Calcium treatment has changed the main types of inclusions in industrial pure iron from Al_(2)O_(3)to small-sized inclusions containing CaS and effectively reduces the influence of Al_(2)O_(3)inclusions on the quality of industrial pure iron.