Ladle slag and its role in secondary steelmaking Presently the production of liquid steel takes place in two stages. The first stage involves getting a semi-product in primary steel making process furnace such as converter, electric arc furnace or induction furnace, whereas the second stage consists in refining of steel in the secondary steelmaking process …
Read MoreBlast Furnace Slag and its Role in Furnace Operation The importance of blast furnace (BF) slag in achieving smooth operation of the BF is illustrated by the old saying ‘if you take care of the slag, the furnace will take care of the rest’. There has been a tremendous quantity of work has been done …
Read MoreFoaming of Slag in Basic Oxygen Furnace In basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking, a supersonic oxygen (O2) stream is injected onto the surface of the hot metal bath. The impurity elements in the bath such as carbon (C), silicon (Si), manganese (Mn), and phosphorus (P) are oxidized and removed from the bath in the form …
Read More