How much do you know about ferrosilicon powder? Do you know what it is used for? In fact, it belongs to the ferroalloy composed of iron and silicon, which is mainly used as deoxidizer in steelmaking and ironmaking. Let's give you a detailed introduction to its uses.
Ferrosilicon powder is a good alloying agent and deoxidizer for steelmaking industry. The chemical affinity between silicon and oxygen is very large, so ferrosilicon powder is a strong deoxidizer for steelmaking, which is used for precipitation and diffusion deoxidation. The use of ferrosilicon powder can release a large amount of heat energy at high temperature. In steelmaking and heavy industry, it can be used as ingot cap for heating and use, so as to improve the quality and recovery of ingots. In the work of cast iron, ferrosilicon powder can also be used as inoculant and spheroidizing agent. Cast iron is an important metal material in modern industry. It is cheaper than steel and easy to melt and smelt. It has very good casting performance and is much better than steel in terms of seismic resistance.
Ferrosilicon powder can also be used as reducing agent. How to use it as reducing agent? For example, in the production process, not only the chemical affinity between silicon powder and oxygen is great, but also the carbon content of high silicon ferrosilicon powder is very low. Therefore, high silicon ferrosilicon powder is also a common reducing agent for the production of low-carbon ferroalloy in ferrosilicon powder industry.
