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Zhiwei Bian
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High purity iron is obtained from vanadium-titanium magnetite (VTM) by one-step coal-based direct reduction-smelting process with coal as reductant and sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) as additives. Industrial experiments show that the process of treating molten iron with a large amount of Na2CO3 is effective in removing titanium from molten iron. However, the studies are rarely conducted in thermodynamic relationship between titanium and other components of molten iron, under the condition of a large amount of Na2CO3 additives. In this study, through the thermodynamic database software Factsage8.0, the effects of melting temperature, sodium content and oxygen content on the removal of titanium from molten iron are studied. The results of thermodynamic calculation show that the removal of titanium from molten iron needs to be under the condition of oxidation, and the temperature should be below the critical temperature of titanium removal (the highest temperature at which titanium can be removed). Relatively low temperature and high oxygen content contribute to the removal of titanium from molten iron. The high oxygen content is conducive to the simultaneous removal of titanium and phosphorus from molten iron. In addition, from a thermodynamic point of view, excessive sodium addition inhibits the removal of titanium from molten iron.
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