US3885957A - Method for the desulfurization of a steel melt - Google Patents

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US3885957A
US3885957A US333690A US33369073A US3885957A US 3885957 A US3885957 A US 3885957A US 333690 A US333690 A US 333690A US 33369073 A US33369073 A US 33369073A US 3885957 A US3885957 A US 3885957A
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A steel melt is desulfurized in a ladle lined with dolomite magnesite or other refractory lining have an aluminum oxide content in excess of 70 percent (wt), by injecting at least 2,000 mm below the melt surface, finely divided calcium-containing compound after a basic-slag layer is applied to the surface of the deoxidized steel melt. The melt is held at a temperature of at least 1,530*C during desulfurization.

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1. A METHOD OF DESULFURIZING A DEOXIDIZED STEEL MELT COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: COVERING THE DEOXIDIZED STEEL MELT WITH A BASIC-SLAG LAYER CONTAINING AT MOST 4 PERCENT BY WEIGHT FEO INTRODUCING AT A LOCATION AT LEAST 2,000 MM BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE DEOXIDIZED STEEL MELT COVERED WITH SAID BASIC SLAG LAYER A STREAM OF A CALCIUM-CONTAINING SUBSTANCE IN FINELY DIVIDED FORM IN A NUETRAL CARRIER GAS; MAINTAINING THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID MELT DURING THE INTRODUCTION OF SAID CALCIUM-CONTAINING SUBSTANCE THERETO AT AT LEAST 1,530*C, MAINTAINING SAID MOLTEN STEEL IN CONTACT WITH A LINING CONTAINING AT LEAST 70 PERCENT BY WEIGHT ALUMINIUM OXIDE DURING INTRODUCTION OF THE CALCIUM-CONTAINING SUBSTANCE THERETO; AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SAID CALCIUM-CONTAINING SUBSTANCE IS CARRIED OUT SO THAT SAID STEEL MELT CONTAINS AT LEAST 0.015 PERCENT BY WEIGHT ALUMINIUM.
2. The method defined in claim 1 wherein said basic-slag layer has an FeO content in excess of 2 percent, further comprising controlling the introduction of the calcium-containing substance to reduce the FeO content of the basic slag layer to less than 2 percent by weight.
3. The method defined in claim 1 wherein said gas is argon.
4. The method defined in claim 3 wherein said calcium-containing substance is introduced into said melt by a lance extending downwardly through the melt.
5. The method defined in claim 1 wherein said basic slag layer has essentially the following composition: 45 to 75 percent by weight calcium oxide, 0 to 25 percent by weight calcium fluoride, 0 to 20 percent by weight aluminum oxide, 0 to 30 percent by weight silicon oxide, 0.1 to 4 percent by weight FeO, and 0 to 10 percent by weight manganese oxide and/or phosphorus pentoxide and/or magnesium oxide.
6. The method defined in claim 5 wherein said slag has approximately the following composition: 50 percent by weight calcium oxide, 20 percent by weight calcium fluoride, 12 percent by weight aluminum oxide, 10 percent by weight silicon oxide, 0.5 percent by weight FeO, the balance being manganese oxide, phosphorus pentoxide and magnesium oxide.
7. The method defined in claim 5 wherein said calcium-containing substance is added to said melt in an amount corresponding to substantially 1.2 to 1.5 kg of calcium per ton of molten steel.
8. The method defined in claim 7 wherein said calcium-containing substance is selected from the group which consists of elemental calcium, a calcium-silicon, intermetallic compound or alloy, and calcium carbide.
9. The method defined in claim 8 wherein said calcium-containing substance is a calcium ferrosilicon containing substantially 30 percent by weight calcium, 60 percent by weight silicone and 10 percent by weight iron, the calcium ferro silicone being introduced into said melt in an amount of substantially 4 to 5 kgs per ton of molten steel.
10. The method defined in claim 8 wherein said molten steel contains at least 0.015 percent by weight of the deoxidizing agent for said melt.
11. The method defined in claim 1 wherein said slag layer is present in an amount of substantially 1 to 15 kgs per ton of molten steel.
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US4008104A (en) * 1974-05-09 1977-02-15 Nippon Steel Corporation Method for dephosphorization and denitrification of an alloy containing easily oxidizable components
US3985550A (en) * 1975-01-23 1976-10-12 United States Steel Corporation Method of producing low sulfur steel
US4036635A (en) * 1975-06-18 1977-07-19 Thyssen Niederrhein Ag Hutten- Und Walzwerke Process for making a steel melt for continuous casting
US4069039A (en) * 1976-06-23 1978-01-17 A. Finkl & Sons Co. Method for desulfurization using arc heat under vacuum
US4067729A (en) * 1976-09-01 1978-01-10 Wolfgang Holzgruber Desulfurization of liquid iron melts
US4194903A (en) * 1976-10-12 1980-03-25 Hoesch Werke Aktiengesellschaft Method of producing steel with the lowest possible sulfur content by desulfurization of pig iron with magnesium coke
US4169724A (en) * 1977-02-26 1979-10-02 Skw Trostberg Aktiengesellschaft Desulfurization of iron melts
US4154605A (en) * 1978-03-08 1979-05-15 Skw Trostberg Aktiengesellschaft Desulfurization of iron melts with fine particulate mixtures containing alkaline earth metal carbonates
US4232854A (en) * 1978-05-26 1980-11-11 Barbakadze Dzhondo F Method of introducing powdered reagents into molten metals and apparatus for effecting same
US4213780A (en) * 1978-07-12 1980-07-22 Lava Crucible Refractories Co. Method of introducing calcium and calcium alloys into a vessel of molten metal
US4238227A (en) * 1979-06-27 1980-12-09 United States Steel Corporation Cleansing of steel by gas rinsing
US4483710A (en) * 1981-03-31 1984-11-20 Union Carbide Corporation Addition agent for adding vanadium to iron base alloys
US4341554A (en) * 1981-04-02 1982-07-27 Jones & Laughlin Steel Incorporated Process for desulfurizing steel
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