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Mechanisms Determining Softening/Melting and Reduction Properties of Lumps and Pellets ·1 · Mechanisms Determining Softening/Melting and Reduction Properties of Lumps and Pellets 1 1 1 2 Loo Chin Eng , Penny Gareth , Matthews Leanne , Ellis Benjamin (1. Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research, Discipline of Chemical Engineering School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Built Environment, The University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; 2. BHP Billiton, 1 Technology Court, Pullenvale, Qld 4069, Australia) Abstract Although softening/melting tests are widely used to assess ferrous material properties in the cohesive zone of a blast furnace, there is little understanding of the mechanisms causing the softened bed to densify. Quenched beds of three acid feed materials–a porous hematite goethite lump (PHGL), a dense high silica lump (DHSL) and a high silica pellet (HSP)-were used to provide information on the role of silica and porosity on softening and melting behavior. Reduction of all three materials is topochemical, resulting in the formation of a distinct metallic iron shell and a wustite core. The efficiency of the wustite to iron reduction process is dependent on the penetration of reducing gas through the shell and the structure of the core. This is enhanced for samples with higher porosity and low silica content, which minimizes the formation of fayalite, a low melting compound formed from the reaction of silica with iron oxide. With higher levels of fayalite, the core can become sealed off from the reducing gases, leading to greater levels of wustite that must un