Abstract:
The effects of TiO
2 content, Al
2O
3 content and binary basicity (CaO/SiO
2) on the viscosity of a TiO
2-Al
2O
3-CaO-SiO
2 fully liquid slag with high TiO
2 content and low mass ratio of CaO to SiO
2 were studied in this paper. Experimental determinations of the viscosity were carried out in the temperature range from 1633 to 1873 K using the rotation cylinder method. When the TiO
2 content is from 23% to 43%, the Al
2O
3 content is from 3% to 12%, and the binary basicity is from 0.3 to 0.7, the viscosity of the slag decreases with increasing TiO
2 content and alkalinity, but increases with increasing Al
2O
3 content. TiO
2 is classified as an acidic oxide by calculating the sulfur partition rate of the slag in the electric furnace melting process. Based on the data of viscosity measurement and the definition of TiO
2 attributes, a new melt viscosity prediction model of the slag was proposed by modifying the Urbain model. Its prediction error is 11%, indicating that the model provides a reasonable prediction for fully liquid slags with high TiO
2content and low mass ratio of CaO to SiO
2.