Viscosity of CaO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂ melts containing SiC particles

ABSTRACT

The influence of SiC particle on viscosity of CaO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂ melts was investigated by the rotating-cylinder method. It was found that temperature dependence of viscosity could be described by the Arrhenius law for systems with or without SiC particle addition. The activation energies of liquid–solid mixtures were mainly determined by liquid phase. Temperature had little influence on the relative viscosity (defined as the viscosity ratio of solid–liquid mixture to pure liquid). Viscosity and relative viscosity increased as decreasing rotation speed and increasing volume fraction of SiC solid particle. For the same volume fraction of SiC particle, relative viscosity was affected by the liquid slag compositions. The relative viscosity was smaller when composition of liquid slag had a larger CaO/SiO₂ ratio or MgO/Al₂O₃ ratio. Meanwhile, it was found that the smaller SiC particle will lead to a larger relative viscosity.

KEYWORDS:

• Suspension system
• SiC particle
• liquid slag composition
• relative viscosity

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Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the research funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China: [Grant No. 51274030 and 51474020].