Thermodynamic description of Al2O3-CaO-MnO and Al2O3-FeO-MnO melts -: a model approach

Assessments for the binary systems. Al2O3-CaO, Al2O3-FeO and Al2O3-MnO were carried out using a slag model developed at the present department. Calculations of the oxide activities in the homogenous liquid phase have been performed for the Al2O3-CaO-MnO and Al2O3-FeO-MnO systems, The activities in the ternary systems were calculated using the parameters obtained from the binary subsystems. Comparison between experimental data and the model calculations demonstrates the ability of the model to describe the thermodynamics of ternary systems using only information ti-om the binary systems. In the case of the Al2O3-CaO-MnO system, the comparison between model calculations and the results of the only available experimental measurements is less satisfactory. This could partly be attributed to the non availability of experimental data for the subsystem CaO-MnO. Future experimentation in the Al2O3-CaO-MnO system is strongly recommended.