Estimation of Viscosities of Ternary Silicate Melts using the Excess Gibbs Energy of Mixing

A correlation to predict the viscosities of ternary silicates using the Gibbs energies of mixing of the silicate melts has been developed. This correlation has been employed to predict the viscosities of liquid slags in the systems FeO-MnO-SiO2, FeO-MgO-SiO2, CaO-FeO-SiO2, CaO-MnOSiO2, and CaO-MgO-SiO2. The good agreement between the calculated viscosities and the experimental data in the ternary silicate systems has indicated that this approach can be successfully employed to predict the viscosities of ternary silicate melts.