Author: Miyata Masaki Sano Masamichi Hirasawa Masahiro
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISSN: 1543-1916
Source: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol.29, Iss.4, 1998-08, pp. : 739-747
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Abstract
The kinetics of deoxidation of molten copper by the “vacuum-suction degassing” (VSD) method is investigated. The molten copper is deoxidized by a rotating porous graphite tube immersed in the copper bath. The inside space of the porous graphite tube is evacuated so that the CO gas formed at the graphite-metal interface is removed through the tube wall. The experimental results suggest that the mass transfer of oxygen in the metal phase controls the reaction rate. The kinetic data are arranged with a first-order rate equation. At (ppm O)≥10, the rate constant increases by decreasing the porosity of the graphite and increasing the thickness of the tube wall. This result suggests that the suction of CO gas weakens CO bubble stirring and, thereby, the mass transfer at the tube-melt interface. However, when the rate of CO suction becomes comparable to or larger than the CO gas evolution rate, the effect of CO stirring becomes negligible. This situation appears under the conditions of high porosity and large wall thickness at (ppm O) ≥ 10. At the low oxygen concentration range of (ppm O) ≤ 4, the effect of CO stirring becomes negligible, regardless of the CO suction condition, because of the considerably low CO formation rate. The achievement of deoxidation by the VSD method is evaluated in connection with the final oxygen concentration.
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