Phosphate capacity of CaO-AI2O3 slags containing CaF2, BaO,Li2O,or Na2O

Phosphorus partition ratios between CaO-Al₂O₃ and CaO-Al₂O₃-CaF₂ fluxes and Fe-C_sat-P alloys have been measured as a function of slag composition at 1500 °C. The effects of additions of BaO, Li₂O, and Na₂O to the CaO-Al₂O₃-CaF₂ system on the phosphorus partition ratios at 1400 °C and 1300 °C have been measured. From the partition ratio, and assuming that the oxygen potential is controlled by C-CO equilibrium, the phosphate capacities of the fluxes were calculated. Also, the activities of Li₂O and Na₂O were measured as a function of slag composition at 1300 °C by equilibrating the flux and the metal with Pb-Li or Pb-Na alloy and CO in a graphite crucible. The results indicate that phosphorus partition ratios with carbon-saturated iron and the phosphate capacities for additions of more basic oxides decrease in the following order: Na₂Oτ;Li₂Oτ;BaO. The activities of Li₂O and Na₂O in calcium aluminate fluxes have large negative deviations from ideal behavior; the activity coefficients at infinite dilution are on the order of 0.05 and 10^-5, respectively. Formerly Graduate Student, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon University