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The energetics of hematite dissolution in iron-oxide-rich melts: In situ high-temperature calorimetric studies

¹ Theromochemsitry Facility and NEAT ORU, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A.
² BHP Billiton Technology, Newcastle Technology Centre, Shortland, NSW 2287, Australia

Correspondence: ^* E-mail: anavrotsky{at}ucdavis.edu

Iron-oxide-rich melts are encountered in iron-ore sintering, smelting, and other industrial processes, whereas melts containing iron oxides but richer in silica are the mainstay of igneous processes near the Earth’s surface and at depths down to the core-mantle boundary. High-temperature calorimetry has been used to evaluate the enthalpy of solution of Fe₂O₃ in a series of iron-oxide-based melts at 1353 °C. For a typical melt found in iron-ore sintering, the heat of solution of Fe₂O₃ is 54.4 ± 5.9 kJ/mol, with no dependence on the Fe₂O₃ concentration between 59 and 69 mol%. The heat content of a series of samples (59 to 64 mol% Fe₂O₃), measured by transposed-temperature drop calorimetry, is also independent of composition.

Key Words: Hematite • iron-oxide-rich melts • high-temperature calorimetry • heat of solution