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A thermodynamic equilibrium between the Fe-16Cr melts and the CaO-Al2O3-MgO slags at 1823 K as well as the morphology of inclusions was investigated to understand the formation behavior of the MgO-Al2O3 spinel-type inclusions in ferritic stainless steel. The calculated and observed activities of magnesium in Fe-16Cr melts are qualitatively in good agreement with each other, while those of aluminum in steel melts exhibit some discrepancies with scatters. In the composition of molten steel investigated in this study, the log (X MgO/X Al 2O3) of the inclusions linearly increases by increasing the log [a Mg/a 2Al ·a 2O ] with the slope close to unity. In addition, the relationship between the log (X MgO/X Al 2O3) of the inclusions and the log (a MgO/a Al 2O3) of the slags exhibits the linear correlation with the slope close to unity. The compositions of the inclusions are relatively close to those of the slags, viz. the MgO-rich magnesia-spinel solid solutions were formed in the steel melts equilibrated with the highly basic slags saturated by CaO or MgO. The spinel inclusions nearly saturated by MgO were observed in the steel melts equilibrated with the slags doubly saturated by MgO and MgAl2O4. The spinel and the Al2O3-rich alumina-spinel solid solutions were formed in the steel melts equilibrated with the slags saturated by MgAl2O4 and MgAl2O4-CaAl2O4 phases, respectively. The apparent modification reaction of MgO to the magnesium aluminate inclusions in steel melts equilibrated with the highly basic slags would be constituted by the following reaction steps: (1) diffusion of aluminum from bulk to the metal/MgO interface, (2) oxidation of the aluminum to the Al3+ ions at the metal/intermediate layer interface, (3) diffusion of Al3+ ions and electrons through the intermediate layer, and (4) magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4 spinel, for example) formation by the ionic reaction.
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Park, J.H., Kim, D.S. Effect of CaO-Al2O3-MgO slags on the formation of MgO-Al2O3 inclusions in ferritic stainless steel. Metall Mater Trans B 36, 495–502 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-005-0041-0
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