Abstract:
Chromium existing as a spinel phase in stainless steel slag can prevent the leaching of Cr
6+ into the environment. Chromium in stainless steel is selectively enriched and stabilized, which is beneficial to improve the comprehensive utilization rate of stainless steel slag. Based on slag non-equilibrium solidification theory, the effects of basicity, MgO and FeO contents on the precipitation temperature, precipitation amount and chemical composition of the spinel phase during the solidification process of the CaO-SiO
2-MgO-Al
2O
3-FeO-Cr
2O
3 stainless steel slag system were studied, respectively. The results show that the precipitated phases of CaO-SiO
2-MgO-Al
2O
3-FeO-Cr
2O
3 are mainly Ca
2SiO
4, Ca
2MgSi
2O
7, Ca
2Al
2SiO
7 and spinel phase. The precipitation amount of MgCr
2O
4 spinel gradually increases with increasing basicity, which can inhibite FeCr
2O
4 precipitation. When the temperature is reduced to 1 000 ℃ and MgO content ranges from 8% to 12%, the precipitation amount of MgCr
2O
4 is maximum. The precipitation amount of FeCr
2O
4 spinel decreases with the increase of MgO. With the increase of FeO content, the precipitation amount of MgCr
2O
4 spinel decreases and the amount of FeCr
2O
4 spinel increases. FeO is not conducive to the enrichment of chromium in MgCr
2O
4 spinel phase. The experimental results of chromium spinel phase precipitation in stainless steel slag have verified the thermodynamic calculation results. At a basicity of 1.5, the enrichment rate of chromium in the spinel phase of the stainless steel slag is approximately 93%.