The influence of V2O3, FeO, TiO2, MnO and MgO in vanadium slag on the corrosion mechanism of MgO-C bricks was studied by stationary immersion tests at vanadium-extracting temperature. Experimental results show that FeO, TiO2, and MnO could enhance the corrosion rate and V2O3 and MgO could decrease it. Microstructure and phase composition of worn samples were investigated by SEM-EDS, revealing the presence of Fe particles, produced by graphite reduction, and (Mg,Fe,Mn)O solid solution at the interface. The formation process of (Mg,Fe,Mn)O solid solution was discussed and the corrosion mechnism of MgO-C bricks was thus proposed.
WANG Guang-en, WANG Yu, XIE Bing, LI Xin-sheng, GUO Xu, LI Xiao-jun (Chongqing Key Laboratory of Metallurgy Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China)
Optimization of the phase diagram of FeO-V2O3 system is a part of an on-going research project to develop a self-consistent multi-component thermodynamic database for vanadium slag from hot metal.Due to the lack of experimental data for optimization,a novel experimental investigation has been carried out by thermal analysis(DSC)with a series of slags on different V2O3 contents(i.e.3mass%-12mass%).All available thermodynamic and phase diagram data for the binary systems have been simultaneously optimized with CALPHAD(Calculation of Phase Diagrams)methods to give one set of model equations for the Gibbs free energy of the liquid slag as functions of composition and temperature.The modified quasi-chemical model was used to describe the binary slag system.It was demonstrated that the calculated phase diagram with the optimized parameters was in good agreement with the experimental data.
