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Review on Preparation of Medium- and Low-carbon Ferrochrome Alloys

  • Ting Hu
  • Hua Liu
  • Bingguo Liu
  • Linqing DaiEmail author
  • Libo Zhang
  • Shenghui Guo
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Abstract

As one of the important strategic materials, chromium has been widely used in metallurgical, refractory, and chemical industry. Ferrochrome is an important additive in the production of alloy steel. According to the carbon content, it is classified as high-carbon ferrochrome (carbon 4–8%), medium-carbon ferrochrome (0.5–4%), low-carbon ferrochrome (0.15–0.50%), micro-carbon ferrochrome (carbon 0.06%), and ultra-micro-carbon ferrochrome (less than 0.03%). But the most widely used one in metallurgical is the first three. This article mainly summarizes the current development of domestic and international medium-low-carbon ferrochrome and summarizes the preparation methods and the influence factors in the smelting process including reduction temperature, reduction time, the reduction agent, and alkalinity.

Keywords

Chromite Smelting method Medium- and low-carbon ferrochrome Influence factors 
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Acknowledgements

This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51504114) and Kunming University of Science and Technology Foundation for analysis and testing (No.2018M20172202034). This support is gratefully acknowledged. The authors are grateful to the reviewers for the discerning comments on this paper.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ting Hu
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  • Hua Liu
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  • Bingguo Liu
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  • Linqing Dai
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    Email author
  • Libo Zhang
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  • Shenghui Guo
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean UtilizationKunming University of Science and TechnologyKunmingChina
  2. 2.Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy EngineeringKunming University of Science and TechnologyKunmingChina
  3. 3.Key Laboratory of Unconventional MetallurgyMinistry of EducationKunmingChina
  4. 4.National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment TechnologyKunmingChina

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