Corrosion behavior of silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide refractory material by molten copper and copper slag

摘要

Silicon Carbide refractories may be used in contact with copper and copper slags. The object for the investigation of corrosion by the melt of copper and the copper slag was SiC siphon block of the slag collector in the runner of the cathode shaft furnace. It is exposed to the permanent flow of copper with small amount of slag. Slag on the surface of the melt is stopped by siphon block and it suffers the most extensive corrosion wear, but the same time it is a good object for investigation, because different parts of this plate are exposed to intensive corrosion by different corrosive agents.