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Title: Process of discharging charge-build up in slag steelmaking processes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:869313

A process and apparatus for improving metal production in ironmaking and steelmaking processes is disclosed. The use of an inert metallic conductor in the slag-containing crucible and the addition of a transition metal oxide to the slag are the disclosed process improvements.

Research Organization:
American Iron and Steel Inst., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC07-89ID12847
Assignee:
MIT (Mass. Institute of Technology) (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5314524
OSTI ID:
869313
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English