Regenerated MgO-CaO brick samples containing 80wt%, 70wt%, and 60wt% MgO were prepared using spent MgO-CaO bricks and fused magnesia as raw materials and paraffin as a binder. The bricks were sintered at 1873 K for 2 h under an air atmosphere and under an isolating system. The microstructure, mechanical properties at room temperature, and hydration resistance of the regenerated samples were measured and compared. The results indicated that the isolating sintering generated a strongly reducing atmosphere as a result of the incomplete combustion of paraffin, and the partial oxygen pressure was approximately 6.68 × 10^-7 Pa. The properties of the regenerated bricks sintered under air conditions were all higher than those of the bricks sintered under a reducing atmosphere. The deterioration of the bricks was a result of MgO reduction and a decrease in the amount of liquid phase formed during sintering under a reducing atmosphere.
Because CaSi core wire was not fed in external refining process for 26CrMo4S/2 steel making, it was found that the molar ratio of calcium versus alumina was very low and subsequently resulted in generation of much more non-metallic inclusions. Hence, it was reasonable to sugguest feeding appropriate amount of Ca core wire. Before the performance, the thermodynamic calculation had been carried out to obtain the theoretical amount of Ca wire to be fed. According to the practical data from steel plant and the thermodynamic data, it was calculated that only when 5 2/34.97 10 [%Al]T-≥×4 2/31.38 10 [%Al] [%Ca]T T-×≥≥in molten steel the Al2O3 inclusions could be properly modified.
The oxidation behavior of different SiAlON phases（β-SiAlON,X-phase SiAlON and 12H powders） synthesized from coal gangue in air atmosphere was investigated using isothermal thermogravimetry（TG） and field-emission scanning electron microscopy（FE-SEM）.The effect of ferric oxide impurities in coal gangue was studied.The results show that ferric oxide contributes to the growth of SiAlON crystalline during the synthesis process.In the oxidation experiment,the existence of ferric oxide decreases the oxidation resistance of SiAlON.The reason is that the impurity causes the formation of a liquid phase at a higher temperature.At 1423-1623 K,the oxidation of SiAlON powders is diffusion controlled and it can be described by Chou＇s model.A fair agreement is found between theoretical calculations and the experimental data.
