A review of fluorine-free mold flux development

W Wang, D Cai, L Zhang - Isij International, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
More than 95% of crude steel has been produced through the process of continuous casting
technology, in which mold flux plays important roles inside the mold. As conventional mold …

Deep insight into phase transition and crystallization of high temperature molten slag during cooling: A review

B Ding, Q Liao, X Zhu, H Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
High temperature molten slags, such as blast furnace slag, mold flux, coal slag, etc., exist
widely in the metal manufacturing and energy power industries and play important roles in …

Mold simulator study of heat transfer phenomenon during the initial solidification in continuous casting mold

H Zhang, W Wang - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2017 - Springer
In this paper, mold simulator trials were firstly carried out to study the phenomena of the
initial shell solidification of molten steel and the heat transfer across the initial shell to the …

Thermo-Physical Properties of B2O3-Containing Mold Flux for High Carbon Steels in Thin Slab Continuous Casters: Structure, Viscosity, Crystallization, and …

JY Park, GH Kim, JB Kim, S Park, I Sohn - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2016 - Springer
The effect of B 2 O 3 on the thermo-physical properties of commercial mold fluxes, including
the viscosity, crystallization behavior, and wettability, was investigated. Viscosity was …

The evolution of the mold flux melt structure during the process of fluorine replacement by B2O3

L Zhang, W Wang, B Zhai, I Sohn - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study presented the melt structure evolution of mold flux during the substitution of
fluorine by B2O3, and a computational model for the degree of polymerization (DOP) for …

Effects of B2O3 on Crystallization, Structure, and Heat Transfer of CaO-Al2O3-Based Mold Fluxes

J Yang, J Zhang, O Ostrovski, C Zhang… - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2019 - Springer
The reaction between traditional CaO-SiO 2-based mold fluxes and high-Al steel inevitably
changes flux composition, and, consequently, flux properties. This problem can be mitigated …

Effects of Basicity and B2O3 on the Crystallization and Heat Transfer Behaviors of Low Fluorine Mold Flux for Casting Medium Carbon Steels

B Lu, W Wang, J Li, H Zhao, D Huang - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2013 - Springer
An investigation was carried out to study the effects of basicity (CaO/Si 2 O) and B 2 O 3 on
the crystallization and heat transfer behaviors of low fluorine mold flux for casting medium …

Effect of Al2O3/(B2O3 + Na2O) Ratio on CaO-Al2O3-Based Mold Fluxes: Melting Property, Viscosity, Heat Transfer, and Structure

J Yang, Q Wang, J Zhang, O Ostrovski, C Zhang… - … Materials Transactions B, 2019 - Springer
Abstract CaO-Al 2 O 3-based mold fluxes, which are under development for the continuous
casting of high-Al steel, contain fluxing compounds, such as Na 2 O and B 2 O 3. The …

Effect of Na2O and B2O3 on the Crystallization Behavior of Low Fluorine Mold Fluxes for Casting Medium Carbon Steels

J Wei, W Wang, L Zhou, D Huang, H Zhao… - … Materials Transactions B, 2014 - Springer
An investigation has been conducted to study the effect of Na 2 O and B 2 O 3 on the
crystallization behavior of low fluorine (F) mold powders for casting medium carbon (MC) …

Effect of B2O3 on Crystallization Behavior, Structure, and Heat Transfer of CaO-SiO2-B2O3-Na2O-TiO2-Al2O3-MgO-Li2O Mold Fluxes

J Yang, J Zhang, Y Sasaki, O Ostrovski… - … Materials Transactions B, 2017 - Springer
The effect of B 2 O 3 on crystallization behavior, structure, and heat transfer of CaO-SiO 2-Na
2 OB 2 O 3-TiO 2-Al 2 O 3-MgO-Li 2 O fluorine-free mold fluxes was investigated using hot …