Thermodynamic Modeling of the Al2O3–Ti2O3–TiO2 System and Its Applications to the Fe–Al–Ti–O Inclusion Diagram

All available thermodynamic and phase diagram data have been critically evaluated and optimized for the liquid slag phase and for all solid phases at 1 bar pressure from 298 K to above the liquidus temperatures for the systems Al2O3–TiO2, Al2O3–Ti2O3, and Al2O3–Ti2O3–TiO2, and a database of model parameters has been prepared. The Modified Quasichemical Model was employed for the molten oxide phase. The thermodynamic modeling predicts the existence of a liquid oxide Al2O3–Ti2O3–TiO2 phase at secondary steelmaking conditions. The database was used to calculate the inclusion diagram for Al–Ti deoxidation at 1600°C.