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Low pressure materials pre-treatment process has been developed as an alternative to the existing high-temperature sludge drying, limestone calcination, and limonite dehydroxylation. Using the thermodynamic eq...
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Evaporation behavior of low carbon ferromanganese alloy melt at reduced pressure
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Thermodynamics of carbon in liquid manganese and ferromanganese alloys
The thermodynamics of carbon in manganese and ferromanganese melts were studied to predict the refining limit of carbon during the decarburization of molten ferromanganese. The equilibrium carbon content in a ...
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Water model studies were carried out to analyze fluid flow characteristics in a horizontal continuous casting tundish. The effects of LSN (ladle submerged nozzle) and dams on the flow pattems in a tundish were...
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Nitrogen solubility in liquid manganese and ferromanganese alloys
The nitrogen solubilities in liquid manganese, manganese-iron, manganese-carbon, and manganese-iron-carbon alloys have been measured by the gas-liquid metal equilibration technique in the temperature range of ...
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Role of chlorine in the oxidation resistance of Ti-45at.% Al-1.6at.%Mn intermetallic compound
In order to investigate the role of chlorine in the oxidation resistance of Ti-45at.%Al-1.6at.%Mn intermetallic compounds, specimens with and without chlorine were prepared by a reactive sintering and a remelt...
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Comparisons of high temperature oxidation behavior between reactive-sintered and melted Ti-45at.%Al-1.6at.%Mn intermetallics
In order to investigate high temperature oxidation behavior, isothermal oxidation experiments for Ti-45at.%Al-1.6at.%Mn intermetallics prepared by both reactive sintering and melting were carried out in both o...
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Manganese loss during the oxygen refining of high-carbon ferromanganese melts
Decarburization tests of high-carbon ferromanganese melts by oxygen refining were successfully carried out in a model converter with 2-ton production capacity. During the oxygen refining, the manganese loss wa...
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Oxygen refining of molten high-carbon ferromanganese
The effects of the oxygen/argon mixing ratio and temperature on the decarburization behaviour of high-carbon ferromanganese melts were investigated. The decarburization reaction was promoted and the oxidation ...
