Abstract:
In order to develop fluorine-free mold fluxes into stable properties for slab continuous casting of low carbon steel, the formation regions of fluorine-free mold fluxes were investigated. Based on the test of the physical properties of traditional fluorine containing (F
- ≥ 3%) fluxes, the slag samples, fitting to the compositional characteristics of mold fluxes, were designed by using the mathematical complex method in the slag system of CaO-SiO
2-Al
2O
3-Fe
2O
3-MgO-Li
2O-TiO
2-Na
2O-MnO-B
2O
3. By fixing some variable components step by step, the multidimensional composition space was transformed into two-dimensional plain grids, from which the nodal points were used as compositions of fluxes. Compared with the properties of fluorine containing fluxes, three formation regions of fluorine-free fluxes, with a lower basicity, melting point, viscosity and breaking temperature, and solidified in the glassy state, were found. The typical components in one of the regions were CaO 31.2%, SiO
2 36.8%, Al
2O
3 3%, Fe
2O
3 1%, MgO 2%, Li
2O 2%, TiO
2 6%, Na
2O 7%-12%, MNO 3%-8%, and B
2O
3 0-3%.