Abstract:
The product composition under different conditions and the reduction behavior of Fe and Ni in the Fe-Ni-0 system were studied by electric resistance furnace experiments and thermogravimetric analysis.The order of difficult degree for reducing Fe/Ni oxides in five systems is NiOFe
2O
3+NiFe
2O
3+NiONiFe
2O
4Fe
2O
3.The existence of Ni can promote the reduction of iron oxides,while the contribution degree depends on its initial state,and the order tends to be metallic NiNiONi released from NiFe
2O
4.As the temperature increases,the reduction products of NiFe
2O
4 are in order of Fe
3O
4,Ni,(Fe,Ni),Fe,and Fe
0.64Ni
0.36.Based on these experimental results,the reduction processes and the kinetics such as activation energy and rate-controlling step for reducing the five oxides were analyzed and discussed.