1. Adding a certain amount of silicon to steel can increase its strength, hardness and elasticity. Therefore, ferrosilicon powder is used as an alloying agent in the production of structural steel, tool steel, spring steel and transformer steel.
2. The addition of a certain amount of ferrosilicon powder and metallurgical materials to cast iron prevents the formation of carbides in iron and facilitates the deposition and spheroidisation of graphite. Consequently, ferrosilicon powder plays a key role in the production of spheroidal graphite cast iron by acting as an important inoculant (facilitating graphite precipitation) and Henan spheroidisation agent.
3. used as a reducing agent in the production of ferroalloys. The chemical affinity between silicon and oxygen is significant, and the carbon content of high-silicon ferrosilicon powder is minimal. Therefore, high-silicon ferrosilicon powder (or silicon alloy) is widely used as a reducing agent in the production of low-carbon ferroalloys in the ferroalloy industry.
5. In addition, ferrosilicon producers have found that fine or pulverised ferrosilicon powder can be used as a suspended phase in the mineral processing industry.
6. The coating is used as an electrode in the electrode industry. Highly siliceous ferrosilicon powder is a valuable resource in the chemical industry, used in the production of silicone and other products.
