Blast furnace process This article provides answers to the following questions, among others: Why is carbon used for the blast furnace process? How important is the “Boudouard reaction” for the blast furnace process? What chemical processes distinguish indirect reduction from direct reduction of iron ores? What is carburization? How much carbon does pig iron…
From pig iron to crude steel Pig iron to crude steel This article provides answers to the following questions, among others: Why is pig iron brittle? What are red shortness and hot shortness? What ist Linz–Donawitz-steelmaking? Why is scrap added to the oxygen converter process? Introduction Desulfurization Decarburization (basic oxygen steelmaking) Introduction Due…
From crude steel to steel This article provides answers to the following questions, among others: What is secondary metallurgy? What is rimmed steel, semi-killed steel and killed steel? For what purpose is vacuum treatment carried out? How does the electro-slag remelting (electro-flux remelting) work? 1 Introduction 2 Deoxidation 3 Vacuum treatment (degassing) 4 Remelting process 5 Alloying Introduction In the early…