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ABSTRACT The heat transfer properties of freeze linings generated in laboratory conditions, by industrial calcium ferrite slags from a continuous copper matte flash converting furnace, have been studied in situ in the molten slag using a water cooled probe technique. The measured heat conductivity of the freeze lining formed, estimated from direct measurements in steady state conditions, was 8.0±1.5 W m−1 K−1. The obtained heat conductivity of the freeze lining is 50–100% higher than that of the iron silicate slag freeze linings. The calcium ferrite slag forms a fully crystalline freeze lining. Various ferrites and metallic copper develop the observed high heat conductivity when copper precipitated from the slag during solidification fills the intergranular cavities of the ferrite crystals tightly in forming the freeze lining layer.
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