Study of physical and chemical properties of iron oxides-containing man-caused raw materials sinter production

Results of studies of physical and chemical properties of rolling scale and dewatered sludge from gas-cleaning system of BOF plant quoted, carried out for estimation of technological advisability of application them in metallization processes. The studies carried out by application of standard methodics of determination of chemical, phase, grain-sized contents and density of fine and powder materials. It was determined, that content of total iron, FeO and Fe2O3oxides, Sulphur and Phosphor in the scale makes figures 73.3, 75.5, 20.9, 0.036 and 0.019 % correspondently, in the sludge – 41.2, 4.7, 53.7, 0.21 and 0.15 % correspondently. The sludge contains also up to 20.9% of CAO and 4.3% of total carbon. Grain-size contents of the scale and the sludge are considerably different: content of size grade +1.0 mm and –0.016 mm is in the scale 63.3% and 0%, in the sludge – 14.8 and 44.5 % correspondently. Real density of the scale is 4.6–4.9 g/sm3. The results obtained confirm a technological advisability of application of fine-grained scale and powdered sludge in metallization processes, including their preliminary briquetting comprising carbonic reduction agent.