Acceleration of Nitrogen Removal with Decarburization by Powdered Oxidizer Blowing under Reduced Pressure

  • SHINME Kaoru
    Technical Research Laboratories, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
  • MATSUO Tohru
    Technical Research Laboratories, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 減圧下における酸化剤粉体上吹脱炭による脱窒の促進
  • ゲンアツカ ニ オケル サンカザイ フンタイジョウ スイダッタン ニ ヨル ダ

Search this article

Description

A new refining method has been developed for producing ultra low nitrogen steels. Powdered oxidizer was blown onto the molten steel using a special top lance with the argon gas under reduced pressure. As the results, it was found that the nitrogen removal index increased twice as much as that in the oxygen gas blowing and the final nitrogen content could be lowered below 10 ppm easily. The reasons why the satisfactory nitrogen removal was obtaind by using this new method are considered as summarised below.<BR>(1) The gas-metal interfacial area was increased to twice or five times as large as that the oxygen gas blowing due to the formation of large number of fine CO bubbles during the powdered oxidizer blowing. (2) The oxygen content was maintained at a low level, because the oxidizer efficiency of decarburization reaction was quite high due to the existence of oxidizer particles as nuclei of CO bubble-formation which were penetrated deeply in the molten steel.

Journal

  • Tetsu-to-Hagane

    Tetsu-to-Hagane 73 (2), 313-320, 1987

    The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan

Citations (7)*help

See more

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top