SINTERING:ATOOLFORUTILIZINGUNCONVENTIONALFERROUSMATERIALS

CHAPTER1 GENERALINTRODUCTION
1£®1 Introduction
1£®2 Literature Review
1£®2£®1 A Brief Description of Iron and Steelmaking Processes
1£®2£®2 Industrial Process of lron Ore Sintening
1£®2£®3 Thermal and Chemical Processes during Sintering
1£®2£®4 Sinter Mineralogy
1£®2£®5Utilization of New Zealand Ironsand by Iron Ore Sintering
1£®2£®6 Utilisation of Mill Scale by Iron Ore Sintering
1£®2£®7 Recycling of Iron and Steel Making Dusts
1£®2£®8 Summary and Objectives
1£®3 Experimental Methods
1£®3£®1 Sample Preparation for Morphology
1£®3£®2 Optical Microscopy
1£®3£®3 Determination of the Volumetric Fractions of Mineral Phases
1£®3£®4 Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
1£®3£®5 Qualitative and Quantitative X-ray Diffraction
1£®3£®6 Electron Probe Microanalysis
1£®3£®7 Carbon Content Analysis
1£®3£®8 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry
1£®3£®9 Control of Oxygen Partial Pressure of Sintering Atmosphere
References

CHAPTER 2 UTILIZATION OF NEW ZEALAND IRONSAND £¨TITANOUAGNETITE£©BY IRON ORE SINTERING
2£®1 Introduction
2£®2 Experimental Procedure
2£®2£®1 Raw Materials and Preparation
2£®2£®2 Bench-scale Sintering
2£®2£®3 Characterisation of Raw Materials and Sintered Samples
2£®3 Results
2£®3£®1 Characterisation of the Ironsand
2£®3£®2 Characterization of Relict Ironsand in Industrial Sinter
2£®3£®3 Bench-scale Sintering of Iron Ore Mixes Containing New Zealand Ironsand
2£®4 Discussion
2£®5 Conclusion
References

CHAPTER 3 EFFECT OF SINTERING CONDITIONS ON THE FORMATION OF MINERAL PHASES DURING IRON ORE SINTERING
3£®1 Introduction
3£®2 Experimental Procedure
3£®2£®1 Sample Preparation
3£®2£®2 Sintering
3£®2£®3 Microstructure Analysis
3£®3 Experimental Results
3£®3£®1Effects of Sintering Temperature and CaO/Si02 Ratio
3£®3£®2 Effect of Sintering Gas Atmosphere
3£®3£®3 Effect of Oxidation during Cooling
3£®4 Discussion
3£®5 Conclusions
References
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CHAPTER 4 INTERACTION BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND IRONSAND £¨TITANOMAGNETITE£© AND FLUX MATERIALS
CHAPTER 5 UTILIZATION OF MILL SCALE BY IRON ORE SINTERING
CHAPTER 6 UTILIZATION OF FILTER CAKE WASTES BY IRON ORE SINTERING
CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS