ladle metallurgy
Secondary steelmaking process
Ladle metallurgy refers to steelmaking processes performed in a ladle after the primary furnace stage.
The molten steel is refined, alloyed, and treated to achieve precise chemical composition and temperature before casting.
Techniques include degassing, desulfurization, and adding alloying elements: The plant invested in ladle metallurgy to improve steel quality.
Also called secondary steelmaking or secondary metallurgy.
- deoxidationRemoving oxygen chemically
- desulfurizationRemoving sulfur from substances
- calcium silicateChemical compound in construction materials
- degassingRemoving dissolved gases
- inclusionsThings placed within
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- metallurgysmelting, refining, ferrite, base metal, alloys