Consideration of the Competitive Adsorption of Oxygen and Sulfur on the Decarburization Kinetics of Fe–C Droplets in Oxidizing Slag

An experimental study was performed to understand the effect of competitive adsorption between oxygen and sulfur on the kinetics of decarburization of droplets in oxidizing slag. Experiments were conducted by varying droplet sulfur concentration and oxygen transport properties of the slag. The latter was achieved by varying the slag electrical conductivity. The results showed that for a fixed slag composition, with increasing sulfur …