Secondary Steelmaking : Principles And Applications
/ Ahindra Ghosh
- 1st ed.
- Boca Raton Crc Press c2010
- 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index
The steelmaking industry and its customers have benefited enormously from the many significant technological advances of the last thirty years. As their customers become ever more quality conscious, however, steelmakers must continue their efforts to minimize harmful impurities, minimize as well as modify harmful nonmetallic inclusions and achieve the optimum casting temperature, content of alloying elements, and homogeneity. These improvements can come only through the diverse refinement processes that together comprise ""secondary steelmaking.""