G. Roghani et al., PHASE-EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN CALCIUM FERRITE SLAG AND COPPER MATTE AT 1523 K UNDER HIGH PARTIAL PRESSURES OF SO2, Materials transactions, JIM, 37(8), 1996, pp. 1431-1437
As a fundamental study for the oxygen-blowing copper smelting, the pha
se equilibrium between ferrite slag and copper matte was investigated
at 1523 K under the partial pressures of SO2 controlled at 10.1, 50.7
and 101.3 kPa, using a sulfur reservoir for controlling the partial pr
essure of S-2. An oxygen-sulfur potential diagram was constructed in r
elation to matte grade, and it was clarified that the ratio of (p(o2)/
p(s2)) was constant against p(so2) when the matte grade was specified.
The solubilities of copper and sulfur in the slag and calcium in the
matte as well as (%Fe3+/%Fe2+) in the slag were also determined in rel
ation to matte grade. The solubilities of copper and sulfur were found
to be independent of p(so2) when the matte grade was specified and it
was considered that this behavior was ascribable to the constancy of
(p(o2)/p(s2)) against p(so2). The solubility of sulfur decreased gradu
ally with increasing matte grade. On the other hand, the solubility of
copper represented the minimum al matte grade with about 72.5 mass%Cu
, which was analyzed thermodynamically based on a concept of oxidic an
d sulfidic dissolutions of copper component in the slag.