Revert briquettes for iron making blast furnace
AssigneeUSX Corporation
InventorsEugene A. Bogdan, Richard L. Cole
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Abstract
An iron making blast furnace revert briquette composition including finishing mill scale, steelmaking slag, blast furnace dust and a binder wherein the binder includes Portland cement, granulated blast furnace slag cement or mixtures thereof and bentonite. The bentonite improves the cold and hot strength of the briquette.
Claims12
A revert briquette for an iron-making blast furnace, said briquette comprising a maximum of 90 percent by weight of an iron-base particulate material, said iron-base particulate material being selected from the group consisting of finishing mill scale, iron-ore fines, iron pellet fines and mixtures thereof, and at least 10 percent by weight of a binder, said binder comprising 75 percent to 85 percent by weight of a cement component, said cement component being selected from the group consisting of Portland cement, granulated blast furnace slag cement and mixtures thereof, and 15 percent to 25 percent by weight bentonite, said bentonite improving the cold and hot strength of said briquette.
A revert briquette for an iron-making blast furnace, said briquette comprising 20 to 50 percent by weight of finishing mill scale, and including at least 10 percent by weight of each of the components steel-making slag, blast furnace flue dust and a binder, said binder comprising a maximum of 15 percent by weight of said revert briquette and having 75 percent to 85 percent by weight Portland cement and 15 percent to 25 percent by weight bentonite, said bentonite improving and cold and hot strength of said briquette.
A revert briquette for an iron-making blast furnace, said briquette comprising at least 10 percent by weight of iron ore pellet fines, 20 to 50 percent by weight of finishing mill scale, and including at least 10 percent by weight of each of the components steel-making slag, blast furnace flue dust and a binder, said binder comprising a maximum of 15 percent by weight of said revert briquette and having 75 percent to 85 percent by weight Portland cement and 15 percent to 25 percent by weight bentonite, said bentonite improving the cold and hot strength of said briquette.
A revert briquette for an iron-making blast furnace, said briquette comprising 20 to 50 weight percent finishing mill scale, 10 to 30 weight percent steel-making slag, 10 to 40 weight percent blast furnace flue dust, and 10 to 15 weight percent binder, said binder comprising 75 to 85 weight percent Portland cement and 15 to 25 weight percent bentonite, said bentonite improving the cold and hot strength of said briquette.
A revert briquette for an iron-making blast furnace, said briquette comprising 10 to 25 weight percent iron ore pellet fines, 20 to 50 weight percent finishing mill scale, 10 to 30 weight percent steel-making slag, 10 to 40 weight percent blast furnace flue dust, and 10 to 15 weight percent binder, said binder comprising 75 to 85 weight percent Portland cement and 15 to 25 weight percent bentonite, said bentonite improving the cold and hot strength of said briquette.
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