Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys

Aluminum deoxidation equilibrium of molten Fe–Co alloy was experimentally measured using a chemical equilibrium method and numerically assessed using a sub-regular solution model based on Darken’s quadratic formalism and a Redlich-Kister type polynomial at 1873 K. It was found that the degree of oxy...

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Main Authors: Gamutan, Jonah, Akaishi, Kosei, Sato, Takahiro, Miki, Takahiro
Format: Journal Article
Published: Nippon Tekko Kyokai/Iron and Steel Institute of Japan 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90245
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author Gamutan, Jonah
Akaishi, Kosei
Sato, Takahiro
Miki, Takahiro
author_facet Gamutan, Jonah
Akaishi, Kosei
Sato, Takahiro
Miki, Takahiro
author_sort Gamutan, Jonah
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description Aluminum deoxidation equilibrium of molten Fe–Co alloy was experimentally measured using a chemical equilibrium method and numerically assessed using a sub-regular solution model based on Darken’s quadratic formalism and a Redlich-Kister type polynomial at 1873 K. It was found that the degree of oxygen content reduction by Al-deoxidation decreased with increasing cobalt concentration in the alloy, peaking at around 40 to 60 mass% Co, and then improved with further increase in cobalt concentration. The following binary interaction parameters between cobalt and aluminum were derived in this study: 0ΩCo-Al = -387360 [J/mol], 1ΩCo-Al = 309420 [J/mol] It was also found that the above binary interaction parameters can accurately determine Al-deoxidation equilibrium of pure liquid cobalt. Finally, the critical point at which Al2O3 and CoO·Al2O3 coexist throughout the whole composition range of the alloy was also estimated from the experimental results in this study.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-902452023-02-22T06:48:42Z Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys Gamutan, Jonah Akaishi, Kosei Sato, Takahiro Miki, Takahiro Al-deoxidation equilibrium Fe–Co alloys quadratic formalism Redlich-Kister polynomial Aluminum deoxidation equilibrium of molten Fe–Co alloy was experimentally measured using a chemical equilibrium method and numerically assessed using a sub-regular solution model based on Darken’s quadratic formalism and a Redlich-Kister type polynomial at 1873 K. It was found that the degree of oxygen content reduction by Al-deoxidation decreased with increasing cobalt concentration in the alloy, peaking at around 40 to 60 mass% Co, and then improved with further increase in cobalt concentration. The following binary interaction parameters between cobalt and aluminum were derived in this study: 0ΩCo-Al = -387360 [J/mol], 1ΩCo-Al = 309420 [J/mol] It was also found that the above binary interaction parameters can accurately determine Al-deoxidation equilibrium of pure liquid cobalt. Finally, the critical point at which Al2O3 and CoO·Al2O3 coexist throughout the whole composition range of the alloy was also estimated from the experimental results in this study. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90245 10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2021-267 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Nippon Tekko Kyokai/Iron and Steel Institute of Japan fulltext
spellingShingle Al-deoxidation equilibrium
Fe–Co alloys
quadratic formalism
Redlich-Kister polynomial
Gamutan, Jonah
Akaishi, Kosei
Sato, Takahiro
Miki, Takahiro
Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys
title Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys
title_full Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys
title_fullStr Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys
title_full_unstemmed Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys
title_short Aluminum Deoxidation Equilibrium in Molten Fe–Co Alloys
title_sort aluminum deoxidation equilibrium in molten fe–co alloys
topic Al-deoxidation equilibrium
Fe–Co alloys
quadratic formalism
Redlich-Kister polynomial
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90245