4. Conclusion
In the process of slag crystallization, the crystal morphology changed greatly. Most of the crystals showed acicular shape, and the size of the crystals was relatively large. A small part of the crystals had the performance of square. The morphology of the crystals in the slag had a great influence on the slag viscosity. The viscosity of crystalline slag containing a large amount of crystals was difficult to predict. Therefore, to accurately predict the viscosity change during the crystallization process of the molten slag, a new method for predicting the viscosity of the crystalline slag (CSM) was obtained by using the model of the suspension viscosity given in the previous study. The solid phase volume fraction was calculated on the basis of FactSage. The model was verified by ten typical crystalline slags. It was found that the viscosity calculated by the model agreed with the experiment data, and the absolute error was small which proved the model was available for predicting the viscosity of crystalline slags. However, a little difference between the experiment data and the FactSage calculation results in the fitting of the viscosity at high temperature section was existed. Therefore, the problem of determining the liquid phase viscosity and solid phase volume fraction should be solved in the future work.