Effect of impurity oxides on CWF (CaFe3O5) formation in lime magnetite pellets – part II: microstructural analysis and physical and mechanical testing

The physical and mechanical properties of iron ore agglomerates are highly dependent on their chemical, mineralogical and microstructural properties. The effect of Al2O3, MgO and SiO2 on the phases generated during the reaction of lime magnetite pellets (LMPs) were presented in Part-I of the current study. In this Part II study, a detailed chemical and microstructural analysis is presented in order to understand the distributions of phases with …