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The Properties and Main Application Fields of Microsilica

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Update time : 2021-02-17 15:18:09
What is micro silica fume?
 
Micro-silica fume is also called silica fume or condensed silica fume. When ferroalloys are used for smelting ferrosilicon and industrial silicon (metal silicon), many highly volatile SiO2 and Si gases are produced in the mine thermoelectric furnace. It is formed by rapid oxidation, condensation and precipitation. It is a by-product of large-scale industrial smelting. The entire process needs to be recycled with dust removal and environmental protection equipment. Because of its low density, encryption equipment is also needed for encryption.
 
The main application areas of microsilica
 
Microsilica dust has excellent properties such as high refractoriness and is widely used in the refractory industry. It is mainly used to prepare high-temperature ceramics, ladle materials, high-temperature wear-resistant materials, breathable bricks, refractory castables, etc. Wang Tao et al. prepared high-purity porous mullite ceramics through pressureless sintering and gel injection moulding using micro-silica powder at a ratio of Al2O3 to SiO2 3:2.5 and a sintering temperature of 1450°C. Its compressive strength The porosity and porosity are 260.93MPa and 21%, respectively. It can be seen that micro-silica fume can improve the fluidity, bulk density and strength of refractory materials, improve the cohesion and high-temperature performance of refractory materials, extend the service life of refractory materials, and realize internal digestion and clean production of dust from ferrosilicon and industrial silicon smelting enterprises.
 
Some North America companies also use silica, and micro-silica fume mixed pellets as raw materials for electric furnace reduction and silicon smelting. They found that the silicon recovery rate is normal, and the unit product energy consumption remains unchanged. Elkem of Norway will wet the micro-silica powder with water and agglomerate it into pellets of about 4 cm, which can be directly reduced and smelted in an electric furnace without roasting or drying. The pellets can also be sintered at high temperature, there is no problem such as bursting during the sintering process, and the product sintered ore strength is higher. A Russian enterprise mixes micro-silica fume and paper pulp waste liquid into pellets and performs reduction smelting in an electric furnace. The production proves that the pellets are not easy to break during transportation because they are stronger than ordinary materials. In Northern Europe, a ferrochromium enterprise used the micro-silica powder slurry recovered from the electric furnace silicon smelting wet method as the return silicon source and mixed it with chromium ore to pelletize. The production showed that micro-cassia powder could enhance the cohesiveness of the chromium ore pellets.
 
In the metallurgical industry, most companies use micro-silica fume as a return material. Although this can reduce the environmental pollution caused by micro-silica fume, it does not make full use of micro-silica fume's magical properties. This is an extensive application.
 
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