Physical Simulation of Magnetite Particle Motion in the Molten Steelmaking Slag  Full text 

A.S. Semykina¹, V.I. Shatokha¹, S.Seetharaman², O.Yu. Gorobets³

¹National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
4 Gagarin Ave., Dnipropetrovsk, 49600, Ukraine  
² Royal Institute of Technology 
Kungl Tekniska Högskolan, SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM  
³National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
37 Prospect Peremogy, Kiev 03056, Ukraine

UDC 669.184

Metall. Min. Ind.,  2011, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 82-86

Abstract

The experimental technique is developed to study the motion of nonconducting particles in the conducting liquid in crossed electrical and magnetic fields and applied to simulate a process of magnetite particle separation, formed during oxidizing of steelmaking slags. The calculated velocity of magnetite particles under action of the electromagnetic buoyancy force in molten steelmaking slags is 0.1-0.5 mm/min.

Keywords: STEELMAKING SLAG, MAGNETITE, SELECTIVE RECOVERY, ELECTROMAGNETIC BUOYANCY FORCE