Jan. 15, 2026

Powder metallurgy, developed in the 1970s, quickly gained attention from metallurgists worldwide. Its fundamental principle involves using compressed gas to spray finely refined powder suspended in the gas through a nozzle into the molten metal pool. This process ensures intense mixing and stirring between the powder and molten metal, increasing the contact area of reactants, enhancing physicochemical reactions in the metallurgical process, and improving kinetic conditions. Consequently, it facilitates rapid phosphorus and sulfur removal, deoxidation, promotes the elimination of reaction byproducts, purifies the molten steel, effectively improves steel quality, and simultaneously increases alloy yield, saves raw materials, reduces smelting time, lowers power consumption, and conserves energy.
Since 1978, China has systematically studied the theory, equipment, and process technology of injection metallurgy. By 1980, injection metallurgy had gradually gained widespread industrial application in China. In certain regions of China, the phosphorus content in steelmaking materials is high, reaching over 0.2% during the melting stage in electric arc furnaces. Therefore, by using oxygen as a carrier to inject iron ore powder and lime powder during the oxidation period, the duration of the oxidation phase can be shortened, achieving a dephosphorization rate of over 90%.
Many steel plants adopt the method of blowing deoxidizers during the initial reduction phase to forcibly deoxidize the molten pool, thereby compressing the entire reduction period by approximately 20 minutes and reducing power consumption by 50 kWh per ton.
Spray metallurgy is an effective means to reform the processes inside and outside the electric furnace. The use of powder injection can significantly enhance the smelting process in the electric furnace, reduce smelting time, and lower the ratio of refining time.
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