Evaluation for Carbonization Rate of Porous Iron Whisker with CO

Currently, research and developments are underway for steel production using hydrogen-direct reduced iron and large-scale electric arc furnace (EAF). Fe3C has attracted attention as a carburizing agent and clean source of iron for EAF steel production to lower the concentration of impurities. However, production capacity of cementite is low since the carbonization reaction rate of reduced iron pellet is limited by gas diffusion inside micropores in the pellet.