Clean Steel Laboratory (CSL)
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), IIT Bombay
Research & Initiatives
High-temperature experimental set up to carry out equilibrium experiments in liquid steel
The experimental set involves the following units:
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A regulated gas storage unit
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Argon gas purification set up
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High-temperature vertical tube furnace
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Chiller
Thermodynamic analysis of deoxidation equilibria in steel
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Various thermodynamic formalisms to predict the deoxidation equilibria: Wagner's interaction parameter formalism (WIPF), Unified interaction parameter formalism (UIPF) and higher order formalisms
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Al-O, Si-O, Ti-O, Ca-O deoxidation equilibria
Inclusion characterization
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Investigation of inclusion characteristics using various techniques
Steel-slag-refractory
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Study of steel-refractory, steel-slag, and refractory slag interaction and their impact on the steel cleanness.
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Thermodynamics, kinetic and experimental analysis
Formation mechanism and evolution of non-metallic inclusions in high alloy steel
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Formation mechanism of non-metallic particles/inclusions (NMI) in steel melts
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Transient evolution of NMI
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Modification of NMI (Inclusion engineering)
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Simple and complex NMI
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NMI in conventional steel and advanced high strength steels
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Thermodynamics, kinetic and experimental analysis
Thermodynamics of steelmaking reactions such as dephosphorization and desulphurization