Background and activities
Ferroalloy-, silicon- and solar grade silicon- production
Merete Tangstad was educated at NTH in 1989 and was also awarded her PhD at this institution. She worked in Elkem and Eramet in the period of 1990-2004 with production of ferromanganese alloys. Since 2004 she has been a professor at NTNU and her main fields are ferralloy production, silicon production and solar grade silicon processes.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2018) Characterization of a Si-SiO2 mixture generated from SiO and CO. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science.
- (2018) Silicon Carbide Formation Enhanced by In-Situ-Formed Silicon Nitride: An Approach to Capture Thermal Energy of CO-Rich Off-Gas Combustion. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 49.
- (2018) Thermodynamics of Boron Removal from Silicon Using CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 Slags. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 49 (4).
- (2018) Kinetic Investigations of SiMn Slags From Different Mn Sources. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 49 (3).
- (2018) Kinetic modeling of the reaction rate for quartz and carbon pellet. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 49 (2).
- (2018) Carbothermal reduction of quartz and carbon pellets at elevated temperatures. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 49 (3).
- (2018) The Influence of Sulfur Content on the Carbothermal Reduction of SiMn Slag. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science.
- (2018) Effect of Charge Basicity of Two Compositions on MnO Reduction During Smelting Ferromanganese. Metallurgist (New York). vol. 62 (7-8).
- (2018) Dynamic Current Distribution in the Electrodes of Submerged Arc Furnace Using Scalar and Vector Potentials. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 10861 LNCS.
- (2018) Effect of carbide configuration on the current distribution in submerged arc furnaces for silicon production?A modelling approach. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. vol. Part F3.
- (2018) Effect of electrode shape on the current distribution in submerged arc furnaces for silicon production - A modelling approach. Symposium series - Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. vol. 118 (6).
- (2018) CFD Modeling of boron removal from liquid silicon with cold gases and plasma. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 49 (3).
- (2018) Passivation Threshold for the Oxidation of Liquid Silicon and Thermodynamic Non-equilibrium in the Gas Phase. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 49 (6).
- (2018) Damring formation during rotary kiln chromite pre-reduction: Effects of pulverized carbonaceous fuel selection and partial pellet melting. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science.
- (2017) Carbothermal Reduction of Quartz with Carbon from Natural Gas. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 48 (2).
- (2017) Wetting Behavior and Reactivity of Molten Silicon with h-BN Substrate at Ultrahigh Temperatures up to 1750 °C. Journal of materials engineering and performance (Print). vol. 27 (201).
- (2017) Pilot Scale Production of Manganese Ferroalloys Using Heat-Treated Mn-Nodules. JOM: The Member Journal of TMS. vol. 69 (2).
- (2016) Plant scale investigation of liquid aluminium filtration by Al2O3 and SiC ceramic foam filters. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series.
- (2015) Thermodynamic Activities and Distributions of Calcium and Magnesium Between Silicon and CaO-MgO-SiO2 Slags at 1873 K (1600 °C). Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 46 (2).
- (2015) Wear mechanisms of carbon-based refractory materials in SiMn tap-holes—part II: in situ observation of cemical reactions. Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science. vol. 46 (2).