This book is intended for steelmakers and shop foremen. It discusses the newest achievements off science and technology in the field of steel production, lays out some laws of physical chemistry by which I he chemical reactions in the metal proceed, and shows the ways for controlling these reactions.

Translated from the Russian by V. Afanasyev

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Contents

Preface

Chapter One. Iron, Related Metals, and Impurities
Chapter Two. Laws of Physical Chemistry Applied to Steelmaking
Equations of Physico-Chemical Equilibrium in Steelmaking
Surface Phenomena in Steelmaking
Chapter Three. Production and Classification of Steels
Chapter Four. Slags of Steelmaking Processes
Chapter Five. Acid Bessemer Process
Chapter Six. Basic Bessemer Process
Chapter Seven. Small Bessemer Conversion
Chapter Eight. Oxygen Converter Processes
Chapter Nine. Treating High-Phosphorus Pig Irons in Oxygen Converters
Chapter Ten. Melt Control, Quality of Steel, and Technico-Economical Indices of the Oxygen-Converter Process
Chapter Eleven. Organization of Work in Oxygen Converter Shops
Chapter Twelve. Steelmaking in Open-Hearth Furnaces
Chapter Thirteen. Essentials of the Open-Hearth Process
Chapter Fourteen. Modifications of the Basic Open-Hearth Process
Chapter Fifteen. Acid Open-Hearth Process
Chapter Sixteen. Open-Hearth Conversion of High-Chromium Charges
Chapter Seventeen. Modernization of Open-Hearth Steelmaking
Chapter Eighteen. Deoxidation and Alloying of Steel
Various Methods of Deoxidation
Alloying of Steel
Chapter Nineteen. Gases in Liquid Steel and Variations of Their Content During Melting and Teeming

List of Books Recommended

Index