Thermodynamic modeling of mineralogical phases formed by continuous casting powders

Julio Romo-Castañeda, Alejandro Cruz-Ramírez, Antonio Romero-Serrano, Marissa Vargas-Ramírez, Manuel Hallen-López

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Abstract

A great amount of mineralogical phases were predicted and represented in stability phase diagrams, which were obtained by the use of the thermodynamic software FACTSage considering both the chemical composition and the melting temperature of the mould flux. Melting-solidification tests on commercial mould flux glasses for thin slab casting of steel revealed the existence of cuspidine (Ca4Si2O7F2) as the main mineralogical phase formed during the flux solidification by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). This phase directly influences the heat transfer phenomena from the strand to the mould and it is obtained with higher fluorite content (22% CaF2). Cuspidine is desirable only in fluxes to produce medium carbon (included peritectic grade) steels, because it reduces the heat flux from the strand to the mould, thus controlling the shrinkage rate during the flux solidification. The experimental results are in agreement with those obtained by the thermodynamic software. The stability phase diagrams could be used as an important tool in the flux design for continuous casting process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-133
Number of pages5
JournalThermochimica Acta
Volume512
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cuspidine
  • Flux
  • Mineralogical phases
  • Solidification
  • Thermodynamic

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