Method for producing sponge iron, and reduced iron powder and method for production thereof
AssigneeJfe Steel Corporation
InventorsSatoshi Uenosono, Akio Sonobe, Hiroshi Sugihara
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing sponge iron includes heating iron oxide together with a solid reducing agent to reduce the iron oxide into sponge iron, wherein the iron oxide includes a mixture of powdered hematite and powdered iron ore or a mixture of powdered hematite and powdered mill scale, the powdered hematite has a specific surface area of 2.0 m2/g or more, and the content of the powdered hematite is 5-45% by mass with respect to the total quantity of iron oxide.
Claims7
A method for manufacturing sponge iron comprising heating iron oxide together with a solid reducing agent to reduce the iron oxide into sponge iron, wherein the iron oxide includes a mixture of powdered hematite and powdered iron ore or a mixture of powdered hematite and powdered mill scale, the powdered hematite has a specific surface area of 2.0 m2/g or more, and the content of the powdered hematite is 5-45% by mass in the total quantity of the iron oxide.
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