Dephosphorization and desulphurization pretreatment of liquid iron using CaF2-free fluxes containing BOF slags

In order to examine the possibility of recycling BOF slags as dephosphorization and desulphurization fluxes, experiments were performed in a system with liquid iron and artificially prepared fluxes comprising BOF slags, lime and/or sinter ore in a Al2O3 crucible at 1623 and 1673K. The phosphorus and sulphur content in liquid iron were expressed as a function of reaction time in the form of exponential decay of first order. CaF2-free fluxes comprising BOF slags, lime and/or sinter ore showed very high capacities of dephosphorization and desulphurization, which means that BOF slags could largely be recycled in the hot metal pretreatment processes.