title

Limitation of sulfide capacity concept for molten slags

author

In-Ho Jung, Elmira Moosavi-Khoonsari

publisher

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

type

Article

DOi

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-016-0594-0

date of publication

2016-02-01

abstract 

The sulfide capacity concept has been widely used in pyrometallurgy to define sulfur removal capacities of slags. Typically, the sulfide capacity is considered to be a unique slag property depending only on temperature regardless of partial pressures of oxygen and sulfur. In the present study, it is demonstrated that sulfide capacities of slags in particular those of Na2O-containing slags can vary with partial pressures of oxygen and sulfur due to large solubility of sulfide in Na2O-containing slag systems.

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