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Influence of CrO3 Additive on the Thermite Reaction Procedure in Fe2O3+Al System

WANG Shuang-Xi; LIANG Kai-Ming; ZHANG Xian-Hui; XU Wei   

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084; China
  • Received:2001-09-07 Revised:2001-11-09 Published:2002-09-20 Online:2002-09-20

Abstract: A hercynite-free ceramic lined steel pipe was fabricated by the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis
gravitational-thermite process(SHS G-T Process). The sequence of some reactions which are possible to take place in the aluminothermic system
was determined by thermodynamic analysis, i.e. CrO3>Fe2O3>Fe3O4>FeO>FeAl2O4>Cr2O3. The results show that in Fe2O3+Al system
CrO3 reacts with Al in two steps. This gives the possibility of elimination of FeAl2O4 phase, which is more reactive than Cr2O3.

Key words: self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, thermodynamics, CrO3, FeAl2O4

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