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pure oxygen refining [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Steel
CONT

The pure oxygen refining is currently the most widely used process (about 60 % of the world output). The oxygen converter using pre-treated pig iron (desulfurized and dephosphorized) followed by secondary metallurgy (reheating, addition of alloying elements, vacuum degassing) is presently an optimized metallurgical reactor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sidérurgie
CONT

L'élaboration à l'oxygène pur [...] consiste à enfourner de la fonte liquide et des ferrailles dans un convertisseur (cornue garnie de réfractaires) et à insuffler de l'oxygène pur soit par le haut au moyen d'une lance (procédés LD et OLP), soit par le fond grâce à des tuyères réfractaires (procédés OBM et LWS).

Key term(s)
  • affinage à l'oxygène pur

Spanish

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