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Bath smelting with oxide‐sulfide melts
Author(s) -
Elliott John F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
steel research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1869-344X
pISSN - 0177-4832
DOI - 10.1002/srin.198900896
Subject(s) - wüstite , sulfide , smelting , magnetite , oxide , solubility , chemistry , carbon monoxide , metallurgy , iron sulfide , iron oxide , inorganic chemistry , sulfur , materials science , catalysis , organic chemistry
Oxide‐sulfide melts are employed for bath smelting of iron ores. The reaction mechanisms in the system Fe–O–S with carbon monoxide are investigated. Oxide‐sulfide phases have the advantage of high solubility of wustite and magnetite and dissolved iron oxides can easily be reduced.