Dissolution of Steel Cylinder into Liquid Fe-C Alloy

Dissolution of solid steel cylinder into molten Fe-C alloy was investigated at the temperature from 1300°C to 1500°C. In this paper, the viscosity and the density of the melt and the diffusion coefficient of carbon were estimated from the literatures at the solid-liquid interface i. e. at the liquidus concentration of carbon, CL. Nondimensional correlation for the mass-transfer was analysed using above estimated physical properties and diffusion coeff. Correlation for the rotated or static cylinder was obtained as follows: JD= (k/U)(Sc) 2/3=0⋅064 (Re) -0.25 102