Deoxidation with Calcium-silicide in Liquid Iron

Signatures of electronic correlations in iron silicide.

The intermetallic FeSi exhibits an unusual temperature dependence in its electronic and magnetic degrees of freedom, epitomized by the cross-over from a low-temperature nonmagnetic semiconductor to a high-temperature paramagnetic metal with a Curie-Weiss-like susceptibility. Many proposals for this unconventional behavior have been advanced, yet a consensus remains elusive. Using realistic many...

Stress evolution during the growth of ultrathin layers of iron and iron silicide on Si(111)

Synthesis of calcium carbide-derived carbon by mechanochemical reaction of calcium carbide with sulfur, iron sulfide and zinc oxide

In the present work, we report a novel design and preparation for the mechanochemical synthesis of calcium carbide-derived carbon (CaC2-CDC) at ambient temperature. Thermodynamic calculations confirmed the possibility of calcium carbide-derived carbon formation by the reaction of calcium carbide with sulfur, iron sulfide and zinc oxide at ambient temperature. The CDCs were synthesized by the ba...

Iron silicide root formation in carbon nanotubes grown by microwave PECVD.

Aligned carbon nanotubes have been grown using microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The carbon nanotubes are nucleated from iron catalyst particles which, during growth, remain adherent to the silicon substrates. By analysis with high-resolution electron microscopy, we observe iron silicide roots penetrating into the silicon substrate at the interface of the catalyst par...

Alumina Inclusion Behavior during Steel Deoxidation

A computational model based on classic homogenous nucleation theory, thermodynamic analysis and numerical simulation, has been developed to study steel deoxidation by aluminum in a low carbon aluminum-killed steel ladle, which calculates the nucleation and time evolution of the alumina inclusion size distribution due to Ostwald ripening, Brownian collision and turbulent collision. Starting with...