Effect of the Basicity on Mineralogical Phases and Micro-Structure of Dephosphorization Slag in the New Double Slag Converter Steelmaking Process

• Main Authors: Wenkui Yang, Jian Yang, Runhao Zhang, Han Sun, Yunlong Qiu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
• Series: Metals
• Subjects: dephosphorization; low temperature; low basicity; mineralogical morphology; micro-structure
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/9/1480

In the present work, the effect of the basicity at the lower range from 0.98 to 2.13 on dephosphorization of hot metal at 1623 K was studied through high-temperature laboratorial experiments. With the increase of the basicity from 0.98 to 2.13, the P and C contents in hot metal rapidly decrease and increase at first, and then gradually decrease and increase, respectively. From the scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) results, with the increase of the basicity, the phase containing the high P content changes from the matrix phase into the phosphorus (P)-rich phase. Under the present experimental conditions, the P-rich phase can only be precipitated from the liquid slag when the basicity is higher than 1.55, which is a benefit to the dephosphorization. As the Raman intensity of the P-O-Ca structure unit in the P-rich phase is significantly higher than that of the P-O-Si structure unit, most of the phosphorus in the P-rich phase exists in the P-O-Ca structure unit and a small amount of phosphorus exists in the P-O-Si structure unit. With the increase of the basicity of the dephosphorization slag, the activity coefficient of P₂O₅, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>γ</mi><mrow><msub><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">P</mi></mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mi mathvariant="normal">O</mi><mn>5</mn></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> , in the liquid phase decreases, while the basicity in the liquid phase increases.