Improving the hydration resistance of CaO aggregates is the key to successful application of lime-based refractories in metallurgical industry. Additive Zr(OH) 4 and Al(OH) 3 were introduced in the preparation of CaO granules using granulation equipment and calcination method in this study. The results showed that the hydration resistance of CaO granules was improved significantly, especially for granules with 0.6 wt.% Zr(OH) 4 and 0.9 wt.% Al(OH) 3 , respectively. The shell of CaO granules was relatively dense after calcination and the volume of open pores of CaO granules decreased from 3.56 × 10 −2 to 1.80 × 10 −2 cm 3 /g when additive was introduced. Zr(OH) 4 and Al(OH) 3 have the opposite effect on the closed porosity of CaO granules, the closed porosity of CaO granules was decreased with Zr(OH) 4 addition, but increased with Al(OH) 3 addition.
Jiawei Wei,Bingqiang Han,Xuancheng Wang,Junfeng Chen,Yaowu Wei,Wen Yan,Nan Li
In this paper, CaO granules were prepared, using the slaked lime as the raw material as well as ZrO 2 , TiO 2 , and V 2 O 5 as additives, respectively. The influence of different additives on the sintering properties, microstructure and hydration resistance of CaO granules was investigated. The results indicated that the introduction of additives could obviously promote the densification and the hydration resistance of the specimens. Especially, the sintering mechanisms of the specimens with different additives were studied. For the specimens with ZrO 2 and TiO 2 as additives, the in-situ formed CaZrO 3 and Ca 3 Ti 2 O 7 between grain boundaries promoted the densification to enhance the properties of the granules. However, the adding of V 2 O 5 generated a coating on the surfaces of CaO granules which contributed to the best hydration resistance.
Junqiang Zhang,Xuzhong Gong,Zhi Wang,Junhao Liu,Yanguang Chen,Dong Wang,Guoyu Qian,Chuan Wang
Various factors affecting the high temperature compressive strength (TCS) for the carbide slag-based CaO pellets were systematically examined both experimentally and theoretically. It showed that the spherical CaO particles with microstructure can enhance the TCS of the pellets, and the higher the spheroidization of the particles, the higher the TCS. Inducing H 3 BO 3 can lead to a low-temperature nucleation of CaO particle, inhibit the growth of CaO grain, and thus form spherical CaO particles. The TCS of CaO pellet from Ca(OH) 2 was optimized with the response surface methodology with a highest value of 37.4 MPa. For the CaO pellet from the carbide slag, the TCS under optimal conditions was 39.67 MPa. However, it was found out that an excess of H 3 BO 3 inducer in the CaO pellets from the carbide slag could produce eutectic calcium borate with a low melting point, resulting in a decreased TCS.