GRK 2802: Effect of Oxygen on Thermophysical Properties of Molten High-Silicon Electrical Steels and Its Impact on Bubble Formation Behavior
References to related material | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-025-03594-9 | |
Type of the data | Dataset | |
Type of the data | Image | |
Total size of the dataset | 32820180 | |
Author | Neubert, Lukas | |
Author | Bellé, Matheus Roberto | |
Author | Seetharaman, Sridhar | |
Author | Volkova, Olena | |
Upload date | 2025-10-24T12:02:05Z | |
Publication date | 2025-10-24T12:02:05Z | |
Publication date | 2025-10-24 | |
Abstract of the dataset | The presence of oxygen in liquid steels has a considerable influence on their properties. Higher oxygen concentrations are typical for unkilled melts, after tapping from the basic oxygen furnace (BOF) or during secondary metallurgy. This influences thermophysical properties, for instance, surface tension, due to the surface activity of dissolved oxygen. Processes in secondary metallurgy or the interaction of the melt with the refractory material will be different. In this study, density and surface tension of molten high-silicon electrical steels are analyzed dependent of different oxygen contents, which are comparable to industrial melts during secondary metallurgy. The maximum bubble pressure method was used, and total oxygen contents between 77 and 300 ppm were taken into consideration. The silicon content of the steels is varied between 3 and 6 mass-pct. The effect of oxygen on the bubble formation behavior during decarburization in a liquid steel melt is also discussed. The results make it possible to calculate the size of bubbles that form in a melt. These findings are transferred to the processing of electrical steels, to vacuum treatments like the RH or VOD process. Reactions such as decarburization and the dissolution behavior of alloying agents are described more precisely based on these insights. | |
Public reference to this page | https://opara.zih.tu-dresden.de/handle/123456789/1724 | |
Publisher | Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg | |
Specification of the discipline(s) | 4::43 | |
Title of the dataset | GRK 2802: Effect of Oxygen on Thermophysical Properties of Molten High-Silicon Electrical Steels and Its Impact on Bubble Formation Behavior | |
Project abstract | The focus of this doctoral project is to investigate the interaction of electrical steels (transformer steels), with high-silicate purity ladle slags free of running slag, with MgO-C products based on recyclates and environmentally friendly binders. The formation of ladle glaze can be studied by immersing a MgO-C product in a tracer-labelled slag during an immersion test. Investigations of the thermophysical properties of the liquid, killed/unkilled electrical steels and liquid slag as a function of temperature and SiO2 content, combined with thermodynamic calculations using FactSage software, make it possible to determine their influence on the interaction with MgO-C and ladle glaze formation. The influence of ladle glaze on the oxidic inclusion population, on the pick-up effect (undesirable increase of alloying elements) and reoxidation of the alloying elements is investigated by ladle glaze dissolution in the electric steel melt accompanied by chemical analysis and optical microscopy in combination with AFA (Automatic Feature Analysis) in the P-SEM. Research into the effect of the oxidic, non-metallic inclusions that form from ladle glaze on clogging in the spout nozzle based on recycled Al2O3-C is another focus. | |
Funding Acknowledgement | The dataset was generated within the framework of the Research Training Group GRK 2802 (project ID: 461482547) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). | |
Public project website(s) | https://tu-freiberg.de/en/research/grk2802 | |
Project title | GRK2802_P4_Interaction of electrical steels with MgO-C products based on recyclates and environmentally friendly binders |