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What is the difference between silicon carbon alloy and ferrosilicon?

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Both silicon-carbon alloy and ferrosilicon contain silicon, which can be used in steelmaking and foundry industries and play a very important role in them. The following hensfate metal will share with you in detail;

1. Silicon-carbon alloy is a new type of ferroalloy. Silicon-carbon alloy is cheaper than ferrosilicon. When purchasing the same type of ferrosilicon, silicon-carbon alloy can often be 2/5 cheaper. Therefore, when the price of ferrosilicon rises Lower silicon-carbon alloy is a better choice for manufacturers to save cost.
2. Because the price of silicon-carbon alloy is cheaper than that of ferrosilicon, the content of silicon-carbon alloy will be slightly lower than that of ferrosilicon. However, the decrease range is small and it can be used instead of ferrosilicon. Price advantage, silicon carbon alloy is a better choice.
3. Silicon-carbon alloy can be used instead of ferrosilicon, but there will still be a certain difference in the use effect. Because silicon-carbon alloy has a slightly lower element than ferrosilicon and silicon, it has better deoxidation and slag removal than ferrosilicon. It is inferior, but does not affect normal use at all.The above is what hensfate metal shared for you about the difference between silicon carbon alloy and ferrosilicon.

The difference between Manganese silicon and Ferrosilicon is mainly reflected in four aspects: basic properties, cost composition, distribution of production areas, and import and export.

1. Basic Properties and Usage

Manganese silicon is ferromanganese containing enough silicon, manganese silicon is mainly manganese-based, manganese can reduce the brittleness of steel, and improve the strength, hardness, and resistance to wear, rebar, high manganese alloy special steel, etc. on the demand for manganese silicon, and for the manufacture of industrial products of hot rolled coils is not suitable to add too much manganese. Manganese silicon can be used as both deoxidizer and desulfurizer in the steelmaking process. Apart from steelmaking, there are basically no other downstream channels for manganese-silicon.

Ferrosilicon is an alloy formed by the element silicon and the element iron, and ferrosilicon is mainly dominated by the element silicon. In the steelmaking process, ferrosilicon is only used as a deoxidizer. However, in addition to steelmaking, ferrosilicon can also be used to smelt magnesium metal, and the production of 1 ton of magnesium metal consumes about 1.1 tons of ferrosilicon.

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2. Cost Composition

The difference between manganese silicon and ferrosilicon in the production of raw materials determines that there is a big difference in the cost composition.

The main raw materials for MnSi production are manganese ore (including manganese-rich slag), coke, silica, etc., and the power consumption of each ton of MnSi is about degrees. Manganese ore is the main source of manganese (Mn) in MnSi, coke is mainly used as a reducing agent in MnSi production, and silica is the main source of silicon (Si) in MnSi. Among them, manganese ore accounts for more than 60% of the production cost of MnSi, which is the largest item in the production cost of MnSi. China's manganese ore reserves are rich, mainly distributed in Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Chongqing, and other places, but mainly lean ore, high-grade ore accounted for a relatively small. China's manganese ore is still mainly dependent on imports, and the main import source countries include South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, Malaysia, and so on.

The main raw materials for ferrosilicon production are silica, semi-coke, and scale, etc. The power consumption of each ton of ferrosilicon is about degrees. Silica is the main source of silicon (Si) in ferrosilicon, semi-coke is mainly used as a carbonaceous reductant to reduce the silicon in silica, and scale is mainly used as an iron-containing material to regulate the composition of ferrosilicon, especially the content of iron, in addition to promoting the role of silica reduction in silica. Electricity is the largest proportion of ferrosilicon production costs, basically accounting for about 50% of the cost of ferrosilicon production.

Since the main cost item of ferrosilicon is electricity, the price of electricity is usually stable for a period of time, while the main cost item of manganese silicon is manganese ore, which is mainly dependent on imports and the price fluctuates a lot, so the cost fluctuation of manganese silicon is generally higher than that of ferrosilicon.

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