Magnetite Particle Size Distribution and Pellet Oxidation
Abstract
Oxidation of magnetite pellets is commonly performed to prepare strong pellets for ironmaking. This article presents a contribution to quantitative understanding of fundamental pellet oxidation kinetics, based on measured oxidation kinetics of magnetite particles and pellets. The commonly observed "plateau" oxidation behavior is confirmed to be consistent with the effect of very large differences in magnetite particle sizes in the concentrate from which pellets are produced. The magnetite particles range in size from less than a micron to several tens of a microns; changing the size distribution by inert sintering of pellets decreases both the plateau level of oxidation and the specific surface area, in ways that are compatible with an assumed Rosin-Rammler magnetite particle size distribution.
- Publication:
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Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B
- Pub Date:
- August 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11663-014-0104-1
- Bibcode:
- 2014MMTB...45.1213C