A new methodology for the measurement of transition metals ions in complex, high temperature oxide systems relevant to non-ferrous metal production.

复杂的多组分熔融氧化物相，通常被称为熔渣，用于金属的高温生产和精炼。具有商业价值的炉渣体系含有过渡金属物种，如Fe2+、Fe3+。这些物种中的每一个都表现得就像它是一个单独的化学成分一样。昆士兰大学的研究人员开发了一种新的方法，可以测量这些过渡金属离子的浓度。 这些类型的测量不能用当前使用的任何技术进行。这项研究将提供一些具有重要工业和科学意义的系统中高温炉渣的数据。这种方法将适用于提取冶金、材料科学和地质学领域的广泛化学体系；这些体系以前无法描述。

Complex multi-component molten oxide phases, known commonly as slags, are used in the high temperature production and refining of metals. The slag systems of commercial interest contain transition metals species, such as, Fe2+, Fe3+. Each of these species behaves as if it were a separate chemical component. Researchers at the University of Queensland have developed a new methodolgy, which enables the concentrations of these transition metal ions to be measured. These types of measurements cannot be made with any of the techniques currently in use. The study will provide data on high temperature slags in a number of industrially and scientifically important systems. This approach will be applicable to a wide range of chemical systems in the fields of extractive metallurgy, materials science and geology; systems which could not previously be characterised.