Activity of MnO in MnO-CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO Molten Slags

The activities of MnO in the MnO-CaO-SiO2-Al2O3 (10, 20, and 30 mass pct)-MgO (5 mass pct) melts at 1873 K (1600 A degrees C) were measured by equilibrating the melts with liquid copper under an oxygen partial pressure controlled by CO/CO2 gas mixture with a volume ratio of 99/1. Over the investigated composition range, MnO shows a negative deviation from Raoultian behavior. On the basis of the experimental data, the activity coefficient of MnO in this multicomponent melts was evaluated using the following quadratic formalism based on regular solution model: The values of the conversion factor, I', for the melts containing 10, 20, and 30 mass pct Al2O3 were determined to be 6950, 2715, and 12092 J/mol, respectively. Iso-activity contours for MnO in the five component system were calculated using the quadratic formalism, and they showed a good agreement with the experimental data.