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ArticleACS sustainable chemistry & engineering2025

Bridging the Gap in Carbon Free Iron Making: How Hydrogen Affects the Reduction of Iron Ore between 900 and 1590 °C.

Ram Krushna Mohanta, Dallin Fisher, Yuri Korobeinikov, Qijun Hong, Christopher Muhich, Seetharaman Sridhar, Noemi Leick

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Article in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ram Krushna MohantaArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-4942
Dallin FisherArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.
Yuri KorobeinikovArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.
Qijun HongArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.
Christopher MuhichArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.
Seetharaman SridharArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.
Noemi LeickNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-6264

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Abstract

Hydrogen-based reduction of iron ore for iron and steel production has emerged as a promising alternative to coal and natural gas. Unlike other hydrogen-based iron ore reduction studies, this research focuses on a wide temperature range across 900-1590 °C, encompassing reduction in solid, mixed, and liquid (slag) phases. For a 20 min exposure to hydrogen, the reduction degree increased monotonically from ∼35% at 900 °C to >90% at 1550 °C, except between 1100 °C and 1400 °C, where it stagnated ∼60%. This experimental work challenges the widely accepted notion that higher temperatures enhance the reduction process. Instead, it reveals an overlooked kinetic bottleneck, suggesting complex thermodynamic and mass transfer limitations influenced by phase transformations, diffusion barriers, and microstructural changes. Density functional theory-based molecular dynamics simulations indicate that oxygen diffusivity in BCC iron is 3.88 × 10

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Green steelHematite ore reductionHydrogen reductionSolid−liquid slag phase

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PMID41170505
PMCPMC12570257

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