Description of Manganese Metal

Manganese metal is a hard, brittle, silvery metal often found in alloys combined with iron. It is commonly used as an alloying element in the production of various materials, particularly in the steel industry. When added to steel, manganese enhances its properties, making it stronger and more resistant to corrosion.

Manganese metal mainly has five forms: manganese metal Ingot, manganese metal lumps, manganese metal flakes, metal manganese powder, and manganese metal briquettes.

Manganese Metal Ingot is used as a deoxidation agent, desulfurizing agent, and alloying element, widely used in the production of special steel, such as stainless steel and high manganese steel. For the electrolytic manganese flakes with a large specific surface area and light specific gravity, the loss on ignition is huge when added to metal liquid and alloying additives. So it is usually remelted and to be made Manganese ingot, so as to decrease the LOI quantity.

Manganese metal Lump is mainly used in the production of stainless steel, high manganese steel, heat-resistant steel, tool steel, non-ferrous metal alloys (cu, al alloys, etc.), and as raw materials for the production of soft magnetic materials (high-purity mnco3, mn3co4), welding electrode coating, etc.

Manganese Metal Ingot

Specification of Manganese Metal

Production Methods Of Manganese Metal

Metal Manganese can be produced by three basic methods: electrolytic process, aluminothermic process, and electro-silicothermic process.

• Electrolytic process: Manganese ore was pretreated with sulfuric acid, and occurred as sulfuric acid electrolyte. Manganese metal is precipitated on the cathode plate through an electrolytic process.
• Aluminothermic process: Aluminothermic process is a production method of manganese metal. Aluminum is used as a reducing agent to smelt metal manganese,  using chemical heat released by reducing manganese oxide.
• Electro-silicothermic process: Manganese oxide reacts with silicon in an electric furnace to form manganese metal.

Uses Of Pure Manganese Metal

Manganese Metal Lumps

Due to its high purity, the electrolytic manganese metal is widely used in the steel industry, metallurgical industry, electronic industry, chemical industry, and aerospace industry.

• In steelmaking production, electrolytic manganese is particularly suitable for smelting stainless steel, heat-resistant steel, precision steel, high-temperature steel, corrosion-resistant steel, etc.
• Electrolytic manganese is used as a metallurgical additive, which can improve the strength, toughness, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance of alloys. It is widely used in the manganese-copper alloy, and manganese-aluminum alloy,
• Electrolytic manganese metal powder is used as the raw material for the production of Mn3O4. Mn3O4 is widely used in the electronic industry.
• Electrolytic manganese is used in the production of welding rods.

Manufacturer of manganese metal-LSFerroalloy

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