The kinetics of magnesium vapour dissolution into pig iron

Magnesium injections are used extensively in the iron and steel industry for the production of ductile iron, and for the desulphurization of blast furnace pig iron. However, little is currently known about the kinetic mechanisms involved in either of these two cases. In the present work, a magnesium vaporizer was used to inject pure magnesium vapour into 60-kg pig iron melts (1250°C) at rates of between 0.7 and 12 gm/min for bubbling periods of …