Metallurgical properties of SiC and its application in iron and steel industry
Based on analyzing the metallurgical properties of SiC such as deoxidation property and dissolution characteristics, the metallurgical function and mechanism of SiC deoxidant for deoxidation alloying, refining deoxidation and molten steel heating during steel-smelting process were analyzed combining with the application examples of SiC deoxidant in some iron and steel enterprises.During the deoxidation alloying process, the deoxidation reaction of SiC is rapid and can increase the contents of Si and C in the molten steel, purify steel and improve the fluidity of the molten steel.The alloy yield can be also increased and the production cost of steelmaking can be decreased.