Friday, November 14, 2014

Steel making

Steel is an alloy of iron, containing up to 2% of carbon (usually up to 1%).


  • Steel is produced from pig iron (liquid) by processes, involving reducing the amounts of  carbon, silicon and phosphorous.
  • The main steel making methods are: 

1. Basic oxygen furnace (basic oxygen converter).
2.Electric-arc furnace.

                                               Basic oxygen furnace (basic oxygen converter).


Electric-arc furnace.










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