Refining steel to below 0,01 per cent carbon by oxy-hydrogen lance without argon
- Organization:
- The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 1563 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1987
Abstract
In the process described, hydrogen is used to generate high-temperature steam and oxygen in the molten bath. Steel is decarburized to low levels to produce a pearlite-free steel suitable for deep drawing. The process makes use of the favourable thermodynamics in the reactions between steam, carbon, and iron, as well as providing high-temperature oxygen for the decarburizing reaction. The process can easily be incorporated in existing BOF (basic oxygen furnace) plant but can also be contemplated as a greenfield process.
Citation
APA: (1987) Refining steel to below 0,01 per cent carbon by oxy-hydrogen lance without argon
MLA: Refining steel to below 0,01 per cent carbon by oxy-hydrogen lance without argon. The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1987.