High-temperature wetting behavior between slag and refractory

Abstract

Slag corrosion is one of the main factors of the damage of refractory, and its primary manifestations involve the melting of refractory in slag and the slag penetration into refractory, both of which are highly related to the wetting behavior between slag and refractory. The high-temperature wettability could be characterized by parameters including the surface tension, adhesion work, and spreading coefficient of the slag on refractory surface, and it could be suppressed by altering the slag/refractory interface, thus resulting in an improved anti-corrosion performance. From this, the key knowledges of the slag corrosion, theory of wetting behavior and test of high-temperature contact angle were firstly summarized. Then, the major factors influencing the high-temperature slag wetting behavior were discussed based on the aspects of slag composition, refractory composition, and surface microstructure. Finally, the future research direction was proposed in this field.