Development of a Multi-oxide Kinetic Model to Study Inclusion Transient Evolution in Molten Steel: Application to Si–Mn Killed Steel

A first principles-based multi-oxide inclusion (MOI) kinetic model is proposed to predict the transient evolution of oxide inclusion composition in secondary steelmaking processes. The model provides information about different oxide particles as opposed to an average inclusion composition, by taking into account the thermodynamics (ΔGoxtot$$\Delta G^{\rm tot}_{\rm ox}$$) and kinetics of the formation of different stoichiometric oxide …