Effect of Titania Absorption into a Mold Flux on the Heat Transfer Between the Mold and the Slab in the Continuous Casting of Titanium-Stabilized Stainless Steel

The heat transfer behavior between mold and slab changes when titania is absorbed into the mold flux during the continuous casting of titanium-stabilized stainless steel. The trend and the extent of this effect were investigated in the laboratory. Furthermore, to investigate the effect of titania on heat transfer, the effect of titania on the crystallization properties of the mold flux was studied. The results showed that with an increasing titania content of mold fluxes, the heat transfer coefficient and the heat flux of the slag film increases, whereas the heat transfer resistance decreases; the effect is that the growth and crystallization temperature of the cuspidine crystallites in the slag are suppressed by the absorption of titania.