A. Bandopadhyay et al., INVESTIGATIONS ON THE ANOMALOUS OXIDATION BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-CARBON GAS-BASED DIRECT REDUCED IRON (DRI), Thermochimica acta, 276, 1996, pp. 199-207
Sponge iron or direct reduced iron (DRI) often shows a tendency to spo
ntaneously combust in a moist oxygen-containing atmosphere. This tende
ncy, however, is different for gas-based DRI compared with coal-based
DRI. In this paper the unique oxidation behaviour of gas-based DRI is
discussed and has been compared with the combustion behaviour of coal-
based DRI.