Ferroalloys: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9783030575014 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 531 str.

Mikhail Gasik; Aitber Bizhanov; Viktor Dashevskii

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Chapter 1. CLASSIFICATION OF FERROALLOY PROCESSES 

1.1. Main elements of Ferroalloys 

1.2. General requirements for the quality of Ferroalloys 

1.3. Classification of Ferroalloy processes by type of used reductants 

1.4. Classification of Ferroalloy processes according to the type used aggregate 

1.5. Classification of Ferroalloy processes by technological features 

Chapter 2. SILICON AND SILICON CARBIDE 

2.1. Properties of silicon, carbon and their compounds 

2.2. Theoretical bases of silicon reduction by carbon 

2.3. Assortment of crystalline silicon and quality of the 

charge materials 

2.4. Crystalline Silicon Smelting Technology 

2.5. Silicon Carbide Production Technology 

Chapter 3. FERROSILICON 

3.1. Properties of silicon compounds 

3.2. Theoretical bases of silicon reduction by carbon at production of ferrosilicon 

3.3. Electrical characteristics and geometric parameters of an electric furnace bath for smelting ferrosilicon 

3.4. Ferrosilicon smelting and casting technology 

Chapter 4. MANGANESE ALLOYS 

4.1. Properties of manganese and its compounds 

4.2. Minerals, ores and concentrates of manganese 

4.3. Dephosphorization of Manganese Concentrates and Manganese-Containing Products 

4.4. Drying technology for manganese concentrates 

4.5 Agglomeration of the manganese concentrates

4.6. Technology for smelting high-carbon ferromanganese 

4.7. Ferrosilicon manganese smelting technology 

4.8. metallic manganese, low and

      medium carbon ferromanganese 

4.9. Technology of nitrided manganese and silicomanganese production 

Chapter 5. CHROMIUM ALLOYS 

5.1. Properties of chromium and its compounds

5.2. Minerals and ores of chrome

5.3. High-carbon ferrochrome smelting technology 

5.4. Technology for smelting ferrosilicochromium.

5.5. Low-carbon ferrochrome smelting technology 

5.6. Vacuum processes of decarburization and degassing of ferrochrome 

5.7. BOF and silicothermic methods of smelting 

medium carbon ferrochromium 

5.8. Aluminothermic method for producing chromium and ferrochrome 

5.9. The technology for obtaining nitrided ferrochromium

Chapter 6. FERROTUNGSTEN

6.1. The properties of tungsten and its compounds 

6.2. Minerals, ores and concentrates of tungsten 

6.3. The technology of obtaining of ferrotungsten by carbon silicothermic method

6.4. The technology of obtaining of ferrotungsten by aluminothermic 

method.

Chapter 7. FERROMOLYBDENUM 

7.1. Properties of molybdenum and its compounds 

7.2. Minerals, ores and molybdenum concentrates 

7.3. Oxidative roasting of molybdenite concentrate 

7.4. The technology of obtaining ferromolybdenum by out-of-furnace 

silicoaluminothermic method

Chapter 8. FERROVANADIUM 

8.1. Properties of vanadium and its compounds 

8.2. Minerals, ores and concentrates of vanadium 

8.3. The technology of metallurgical processing of vanadium-containing

concentrates 

8.4. Technology of chemical processing of vanadium-containing slag 

8.5. Thermodynamics of reactions of reduction of vanadium from oxides 

8.6. The technology of producing ferrovanadium silicoaluminothermic

way 

8.7. The technology for producing ferrovanadium with an aluminothermic process 

8.8. The technology for producing ferrosilicon vanadium 

8.9. The technology for producing nitrated ferrovanadium 

Chapter 9. FERROTITAN 

9.1. Properties of titanium and its compounds 

9.2. Minerals, ores and concentrates of titanium 

9.3. Thermodynamics of titanium reduction reactions 

9.4. Oxidative roasting of titanium concentrates 

9.5. The technology of dispersion of aluminum 

9.6. The technology for producing ferrotitanium by the aluminothermic method 

9.7. The technology of producing metallic titanium with magnetothermal

way 

Chapter 10. FERROALLOYS WITH ALKALINE EARTH METALS 

10.1.  Calcium carbide and silico-calcium 

10.1.1. Properties of calcium and its compounds 

10.1.2. Technology for smelting of calcium carbide 

10.1.3. Technology for smelting of silico-calcium 

10.2. Ferrosiliconbarium and aluminobarium 

10.2.1. Properties of barium and its compounds 

10.2.2. Ferrosilicobarium smelting technology 

10.2.3. Alumina barium smelting technology 

10.3. Ferrosilicostrontium 

10.3.1. Properties of strontium and its compounds 

10.3.2. Minerals and ores of strontium 

10.3.3. Ferrosilicostrontium smelting technology 

10.4. Ferrosilicomagnesium 

10.4.1. Properties of magnesium and its compounds 

10.4.2. Minerals and ores of magnesium 

10.4.3. Technology of production of magnesium and magnesium ferroalloys 

10.5. Beryllium. 

10.5.1. Properties of beryllium and its compounds 

10.5.2. Minerals and ores of beryllium 

10.5.3. Technology for production of beryllium

Chapter 11. FERRONIOBIUM 

11.1. Properties of niobium and its compounds 

11.2. Minerals and ores of niobium 

11.3. Thermodynamics of niobium reduction reactions 

11.4. The technology for producing ferroniobium by aluminothermic method ...

Chapter 12. FERROSILICONZIRCONIUM AND FERROALUMINOSIRCONIUM 

12.1. Properties of zirconium and its compounds 

12.2. Minerals, ores and concentrates of zirconium 

12.3. Thermodynamics of zirconium reduction reactions 

12.4. The technology for producing ferrosilicocirconium by aluminothermic method

12.5. The technology for producing ferroaluminocirconium by aluminothermic method

Chapter 13. Ferroaluminium and Silicoaluminium 

13.1. Properties of aluminum and its compounds 

13.2. Minerals and aluminum ores 

13.3. Ferroaluminium production technology 

13.4.  The technology of production of silicoaluminum 

Chapter 14. FERROBORON AND BORON CARBIDE 

14.1. Properties of boron and its compounds 

14.2. Minerals and ores of boron 

14.3. Thermodynamics of the reduction reactions of boron 

14.4. Technology for production of ferroboron 

14.5. The technology of producing boron carbide 

Chapter 15. FERRO ALLOYS WITH RARE EARTH METALS 

15.1.  Properties of rare-earth metals and their compounds 

15.2. Minerals, ores and concentrates of rare-earth metals 

15.3. The technology for producing ferroalloys with rare-earth metals 

Chapter16. IRON-CARBON ALLOYS 6

16.1. Properties of iron and its compounds 

16.2. Reduction of iron by carbon and gases 

16.3. Electrothermics of iron 

Chapter 17. FERRONICKEL 

17.1. Properties of nickel and its compounds 

17.2. Minerals and ores of nickel 

17.3. The technology of production and refining of ferronickel 

Chapter18. COBALT 

18.1. Properties of cobalt and its compounds 

18.2. Minerals and ores of cobalt

18.3. Technology for producing cobalt

Chapter 19. FERROPHOSPHORUS 

19.1. Properties of phosphorus and its compounds 

19.2. Minerals and ores of phosphorus 

19.3. Thermodynamics of the reduction reactions of phosphorus 

19.4. Preparation of phosphorites for smelting

19.5. The electric furnace for recovery of phosphorus 

19.6. Electrothermics of Phosphorus

Chapter 20. FERROSELEN AND FERROTELLOUR 

20.1. Properties of selenium, tellurium and their compounds 

20.2. Selenium and tellurium containing ores 

20.3. Alloying of steel with selenium and tellurium

Chapter 21. ELECTROCORUNDUM.

21.1. Properties of corundum 

21.2. Electrocorundum Technology 

21.3. Normal Electrocorundum Technology 

Chapter 22. ELECTROFUSED FLUXES 

22.1. Requirements for fluxes and methods for their preparation 

22.2. Flux Smelting 

22.3. Impurity behavior in flux smelting 

Chapter 23. FERRO-ALLOY FURNACES 

23.1. Ore-thermal furnaces electric furnaces 

23.1.1. Ore-thermal furnace bath 

23.1.2. The mechanism of rotation of the bath of the ore-thermal furnace 

23.1.3. Arch of the ore-thermal furnace 

23.1.4. Provision of furnaces with a charge 

23.2. Refining electric furnaces 

Chapter 24. SELF-BURNING ELECTRODES 

24.1. The design of self-firing electrodes 

24.2. Electrode mass 

24.3. The technology of production of electrode mass 

24.4. The processes occurring during firing of the electrode mass 

Chapter 25 Agglomeration of ore concentrates, dusts and sludge in the production of the Ferroalloys

    25.1 Sintering in the production of Ferroalloys

    25.2 Pellets as the charge components for Ferroalloys production 

    25.3 Briquetting in the Ferroalloys production

25.3.1. Briquetting of ore concentrates, dusts and sludge

25.3.2 Briquetting of Ferroalloys fines

Chapter 26 Best Available Technologies for the production of Ferroalloys.

Chapter 27 Environmental aspects of Ferroalloys production.

O autorze

Aitber Bizhanov graduated from Moscow Physical Technical Institute in 1979. Since 1992 he is active on recycling of metallurgical wastes. He has a Ph.D. degree in the agglomeration of natural and anthropogenic materials in metallurgy. He is the author of more than 60 publications including two books published by Springer and is owner and co-author of 15 Russian Patents in the field.

Dashevskii Viktor is Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the National Research University “Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys” and Head of the Laboratory of the Institute of Metallurgy and Material Sciences named after A.A.Baykov, Russian Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded numerous prizes and is an specialist in physical chemistry of the metallurgical oxide smelts and on the theory and practice of the Ferroalloys electrothermal production. He is a member-correspondent of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and acting member of the New York Academy of Sciences (USA). 

GASIK Mikhail Ivanovic is Doctor of Technical Sciences (1969), and hold positions as Professor (1971), Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1990), Honoured Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2004), Foreign Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (2005) and honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2006). He has been awarded numerous prizes such as Prizes named after Yaroslav the Wise of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine (2002) and Prizes named after Z.I. Nekrasov National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2006). His main areas of scientific and scientific-pedagogical activity are: fundamental studies of the problems of physical chemistry of high-temperature interaction processes in metal and oxide systems based on manganese, silicon, chromium, aluminum.

Blurb

This book outlines the physical and chemical foundations of high-temperature processes for producing silicon, manganese and chromium ferroalloys, alloys of molybdenum, vanadium, titanium, alkaline earth and rare earth metals, niobium, zirconium, aluminum, boron, nickel, cobalt, phosphorus, selenium and tellurium, iron-carbon alloys by carbon, silicone and aluminothermic methods. The chapters introduce the industrial production technologies of these groups of ferroalloys, the characteristics of charge materials, and the technological parameters of the melting processes. A description of ferroalloy furnaces is given in detail. Topics such as waste recycling, fines agglomeration technologies, and environmental issues are considered.