Purpose: Views on the reduction of SiO2 at the blast furnace process began to change in the mid 70s. Nowadays it is claimed that the silicon appears in the metal not only from the slag SiO2 reduction at the liquid phase, but also from a gaseous SiO. Presented in this paper, laboratory tests were aimed on finding the effect of temperature and MgO containing in the slag on the dynamics of the Si transition to the pig iron at the liquid phase at time when slag lies on metal. Design/methodology/approach: Laboratory tests carried out in laboratory on devices AGH described in detail in other studies such as [8-11]. Metal used in the study obtained by carbonizing the carbon-iron saturation assuming the values given by J. Chipman [7]. Findings: Observations of industrial units in combination with laboratory tests allowed us to approximately determine the contribution of silicon from the gaseous SiO in hot metal. Research limitations/implications: Si content in the metal after the test at a constant temperature is less than taping pig iron of about 0.15 to 0.35%. This means that in addition to the reduction reaction of the silica source of silicon in the slag is reduced gaseous SiO , which is in line with those of the authors [2-5, 8-10]. This will also be the subject of the next stage of research. Practical implications: As a result, developed guidelines and proposals for the conduct of blast-furnace technology to minimize Si in pig iron. Originality/value: The AGH research team has approached to issue of SiO2 reduction complexly. The work is divided into stages. Laboratory studies combined with industry specific observations. As a result of this approach to work is possible to develop a practical technology to minimize silicon in the pig iron. Articles published in reputable journals on similar or related topics do not include all issues.
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