Promising Directions for the Stabilization of Ferroalloy Production Slags

Abstract:

In this paper the analysis of the processes for spontaneous decay of slags from the production of refined ferroalloy grades is performed. It is shown that the main reason for the decay is the formation of a dicalcium silicate in highly basic melts with CaO / SiO₂ ratio of 1.5-3.1. Based on the performed studies, three main promising directions for the stabilization of slags of ferroalloy production have been formed. First direction is the replacement of the calcium cation (or transformation) in a dicalcium silicate, for example, with the magnesium cation or the production of non-decaying compounds of the gehlenite type (2CaO·Al₂O₃·SiO₂), mainly due to the application of phase composition peculiarities of the waste rock for ferroalloy raw materials. Second direction is the reduction of the dicalcium silicate content with a decrease in the ratio of CaO / SiO₂ in the slag less than 1.4, due to the separation of the silicothermic reduction process into two stages, obtaining in the first stage a low-basic (CaO / SiO₂ = 1.3-1.4) non-decaying tailing slag, and on the second one - highly basic return slag (1.8-1.9), which is used in the first stage of this technological chain. The third direction is the replacement of the SiO anion of dicalcium silicate with other anions, for example, ВО by means of small additions of calcium borate, colemanite, etc. A possibility for stabilization of ferroalloy production slags with obtaining of construction crushed stone corresponding to the requirements of TU 0798-69-00186499-2014 "Crushed stone and sand from ferroalloy slags. Technical conditions», is shown experimentally.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 946)
• Pages: 401-405
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.946.401
• Online since: February 2019
• Authors: Oleg V. Zayakin*, Ilia N. Kel'
• Keywords: Dicalcium Silicate, Ferroalloy Production, Ferrous Metallurgy, Slag, Spontaneous Slag Decay, Stabilization

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