Thermal Techniques for the Production of Fe-M Alloys

Abstract:

The present manuscript is designed to investigate the possibility of manufacturing iron-metal alloys (Fe-M) via thermal techniques. These techniques are mainly depends on simultaneous reduction-sintering reactions of metal oxides. The reduction of metal oxides is an important property in metallurgical processes. It can be applied to M-Fe-O systems and also is used to develop inter-metallic alloys with specific properties. The produced metallic materials have wide range of applications and are characterized by unique physical and mechanical properties. The composition of the produced alloys is often a key element in optimizing their properties. Iron oxide doped another metal oxide such as nickel oxide is used as starting materials to produce metallic materials containing iron contaminated with nickel metal using thermal techniques. The sintering-reduction reactions of the composite oxide materials are investigated under different operation conditions. The experimental results show that the reduction-sintering thermal techniques are economic and promising routes for the production of different Fe-M alloys. The different factors affecting the rate of reduction such as temperature and ratio of doping materials are investigated. The results obtained are used to demonstrate the kinetics and mechanisms of reduction of metal oxides.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 826)
• Pages: 105-110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.826.105
• Online since: February 2016
• Authors: K.S. Abdel Halim*, M. Ramadan, A. Shawabkeh, A.S. Alghamdi
• Keywords: Iron, Metallic Alloys, Nickel, Reduction, Sintering

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