Abstract:
High-temperature oxidation behavior of ferrovanadium (FeV
2O
4) and ferrochrome (FeCr
2O
4) spinels is crucial for the application of spinel as an energy material, as well as for the clean usage of high-chromium vanadium slag. Herein, the nonisothermal oxidation behavior of FeV
2O
4 and FeCr
2O
4 prepared by high-temperature solid-state reaction was examined by thermogravimetry and X-ray diffraction (XRD) at heating rates of 5, 10, and 15 K/min. The apparent activation energy was determined by the Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS) method, whereas the mechanism function was elucidated by the Malek method. Moreover,
in-situ XRD was conducted to deduce the phase transformation of the oxidation mechanism for FeV
2O
4 and FeCr
2O
4. The results reveal a gradual increase in the overall apparent activation energies for FeV
2O
4 and FeCr
2O
4 during oxidation. Four stages of the oxidation process are observed based on the oxidation conversion rate of each compound. The oxidation mechanisms of FeV
2O
4 and FeCr
2O
4 are complex and have distinct mechanisms. In particular, the chemical reaction controls the entire oxidation process for FeV
2O
4, whereas that for FeCr
2O
4 transitions from a three-dimensional diffusion model to a chemical reaction model. According to the
in-situ XRD results, numerous intermediate products are observed during the oxidation process of both compounds, eventually resulting in the final products FeVO
4 and V
2O
5 for FeV
2O
4 and Fe
2O
3 and Cr
2O
3 for FeCr
2O
4, respectively.