Abstract:
The nonisothermal crystallization behavior of mold fluxes bearing various TiO
2 was studied by using the single hot thermocouple technique.The mineral components of the mold fluxes were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and microscopically observed by mine-phase microscope.The results indicate that cuspidine is the main phase of the casting mold fluxes.With a certain amount of TiO
2 (2% to 8%) added into the mold fluxes at high basicity (ΣR=1.3),the phase precipitation increases.Small amount of Ca
2SiO
4,Ca
2Al(AlSi
7O
7),Ca
2SiO
2F
2 and CaTiO
3 are crystallized.While the time of crystallization process of the mold fluxes is lengthened,the crystallization ratio and crystallization rate of the mold fluxes is decreased.Thus,crystallization of the mold fluxes is inhibited,leading to improvement in the glass property and the lubrication between casting strands and molds in view of the heat flow control of slag films.