Non-stoichiometry influences both the thermodynamic and kinetic analyses of the iron oxide redox processes. The thermochemical data of iron oxide redox reactions in various textbooks are not consistent, and the kinetic characteristics are not well understood because of the non-stoichiometry. To clarify such confusions, some famous thermodynamic data are compared, and highly precise experimental work conducted for verification. It is shown that the thermodynamic data for the pure iron oxide reduction reactions from JANAF agree well with the experimental results; the eutectoid temperature of iron oxides was proven to be 576°C; Dieckmann’s defect model of magnetite was proven in good agreement with the experimental results only at high oxygen activities but not low oxygen activities; and the dependences of iron deficiency on Δwt-% (weight loss ratio) and Fe2+% (ferrous ratio) were calculated and experimentally verified in pure iron oxides reduction processes.
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