Determination of chromium,iron,silicon and manganese in high-carbon ferrochrome by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry with fusion sample preparation
In order to solve the corrosion problem of platinum crucible by the reducing substances in ferro-chrome sample during high temperature fusion,the following experiment conditions were adopted:under the temperature of 600-850 ℃,the sample with carbon loss correction,the special oxidizing agent for chro-mium alloy and anhydrous lithium metaborate were mixed,and the high-carbon ferrochrome sample was oxidized in the ceramic crucible with graphite powder as the base by temperature programming;after oxi-dation,sodium hexametaphosphate and anhydrous lithium metaborate were used as the flux,and 1-3 mL of 300 g/L ammonium bromide solution were added as the release agent;the mixture was melted in electric melting furnace at 1 050 ℃ for 20 min to prepare the glass pellet,which was then determined by X-ray flu-orescence spectrometry.Consequently,a determination method of chromium,iron,silicon and manganese in high-carbon ferrochrome was established.The lower limits of determination for silicon and manganese were 44.51 μg/g and 22.62 μg/g,respectively.The precision tests showed that the relative standard devi-ations(RSD,n=12)of determination results for chromium,iron,silicon and manganese were 0.44%,0.51%,2.1%and 4.8%,respectively.The trueness tests showed that the errors between the measured values of chromium,iron,silicon and manganese in certified reference materials of high carbon ferro-chrome and the standard values could be controlled within the allowable deviation ranges specified in GB/T 4699.2-2008,GB/T 5687.13-2021,GB/T 5687.2-2007 and GB/T 5687.10-2006,respectively.According to the proposed technical scheme,the determination results of chromium,iron,silicon,and manganese in high carbon ferrochrome could meet the routine detection requirements of high-carbon ferrochrome sam-ples.