Daily Research
Huijun's visit to Spain
Huijun visited Asturias (northern part of Spain) in December 2015 to visit the plant that provides the refractory material she's using. There she met Roberto (also collaborating in the LEANSTORY project) who showed her the city and took her to a bar where she could try some traditional Spanish food.
Premelting slag
Slag sample
Company visit
Daily research
RB Junior in action
Carl in his special graphite grinding suit
Working with graphite is incredible but far from clean.
Björn and Baijun constructing a new setup
Jesse the photographer
Jesse taking a picture when our furnace reach 2000oC!
David perform experiment
David performs a kinetic experiment with Madonna furnace.
Winter has come to our lab
The picture is taken through or lab window.
Björn working in the lab
To be a high temperature researcher doesn't only require a large knowledge base, it also requires a lot of handy work.
Simulation of CaO Dissolotion in Converter Slag
Our Picture on the Front Page of Steel Research
Glassy Slag
Unwanted Oxidation in Alumina Tube
Preheating Burner Flame with IR Camera
Preheating Burner Flame
Properly Quenched Slag
Heated Furnace
Al2O3 dissolution
Heat Treated Copper
Broken Alumina Tube covered with SiO2
Sample Prepared for SEM Analysis
Premelted Slag
Sample
Teeming of Ladle with Gas and Liquid Convection
Cooldown of a ladle by convection
Heated Furnace
Heated Sample
Sample with SiO2 layer
Proper Quenched Slag
Foaming slag
Beautiful!
Cut and polished sample
Quenched samples
Whiskers with a blue mushroom. Yummy!
Hot Wire after Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Slag
Molten Molybdenum!
What happens when molybdenum are in contact with steel at (really) elevated temperatures? For answer see the Fe-Mo phase diagram.
Melted Push Rod
What happens when low carbon steel and graphite are in contact at elevated temperatures? For answer see the Fe-C phase diagram.