Application:
(1) Used as deoxidizer and alloying agent in the steelmaking industry. In order to obtain steel with qualified chemical composition and ensure the quality of steel, deoxidation must be carried out in the final stage of steelmaking. The chemical affinity between silicon and oxygen is very large, so ferrosilicon is a strong deoxidizer for steelmaking for precipitation and diffusion. deoxidation. Adding a certain amount of silicon to steel can significantly improve the strength, hardness and elasticity of the steel. Therefore, it is widely used in smelting structural steel (containing 0.40-1.75% silicon), tool steel (containing SiO.30-1.8%), spring steel ( Ferrosilicon is also used as an alloying agent when it comes to silicon steel for transformers (containing SiO. 40-2.8%) and transformer silicon steel (containing 2.81-4.8% silicon). In addition, in the steelmaking industry, ferrosilicon powder is often used as a heating agent for steel ingot caps to improve the quality and recovery rate of steel ingots by taking advantage of the fact that ferrosilicon powder can release a large amount of heat when burned at high temperatures.
(2) Used as inoculant and spheroidizing agent in the cast iron industry. Cast iron is an important metal material in modern industry. It is cheaper than steel, easy to melt and smelt, has excellent casting properties and is much better than steel in vibration resistance. Especially ductile iron, its mechanical properties are equal to or close to those of steel. Mechanical behavior. Adding a certain amount of ferrosilicon to cast iron can prevent the formation of carbides in the iron and promote the precipitation and spheroidization of graphite. Therefore, in the production of ductile iron, ferrosilicon is an important inoculant (helping to precipitate graphite) and spheroidizing agent. .
(3) Used as reducing agent in ferroalloy production. Not only is the chemical affinity between silicon and oxygen very high, but the carbon content of high-silicon ferrosilicon is very low. Therefore, high-silicon ferrosilicon (or silicon alloy) is a commonly used reducing agent in the ferroalloy industry when producing low-carbon ferroalloys.
(4) Use in other aspects. Ground or atomized ferrosilicon powder can be used as a suspended phase in the mineral processing industry. It can be used as a coating for welding rods in the welding rod manufacturing industry. High-silicon ferrosilicon is used in the chemical industry to make products such as silicone.
Among these uses, the steelmaking industry, foundry industry and ferroalloy industry are the largest users of ferrosilicon. Together they consume more than 90% of ferrosilicon. Among various brands of ferrosilicon, 75% ferrosilicon is currently the most widely used. In the steelmaking industry, approximately 3-5kg of 75% ferrosilicon is consumed for each ton of steel produced.
