Paper presents the results from the study of the effect of materials with titanium addition on the strength properties of the iron ore sinter.
The sinters with TiO2 addition or without TiO2 addition prepared in laboratory were applied in this research and were compared based on the structural and phase composition. Exploited was the method of the X-ray diffraction and method of elemental EDX analysis applying the electron raster microscope with the energo-dispersion analyser. Confirmed was the relationship between the sinter structure and its strength. Higher strength of the sinter without TiO2 addition is the result of the different phase composition of the compared sinters. In the sinter production considered should be not only the chemical composition of the entry components of the charge and the chemical composition of the final product but also its structural and phase composition.
Experimental investigation and numerical modeling of strength properties of iron ore sinter based on pilot-scale pot tests and X-ray computed tomography