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Method and composition for foaming slag in electric arc furnace

US4447265A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1983
Grant dateMay 8, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 27, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A slag-foaming composition and process for use in electric arc furnace steelmaking. The compositions comprise from about 15 to 80 wt % of a carbon source, the remainder consisting substantially of a source of an oxide of calcium; alternatively, the compositions comprise from about 15 to 30 wt % of a carbon source, the remainder consisting substantially of dolomite lime. The process consists of the addition, in the course of steelmaking using an electric arc furnace, of the steelmaking additive compositions of the invention to the charge subsequent to the initial scrap steel melt down.

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