Steel is made primarily in a two step process In the primary steelmaking step liquid iron is converted into steel by the basic oxygen furnace BOF process or by melting scrap steel or direct reduced iron DRI in an electric arc furnace Secondary steelmaking is a refining process in which alloying metals are added and impurities are removed
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Get Price1A Manufacturing Process for Iron and Steel The hot metal is decarburized to the required carbon content in the BOF The main reaction in this process is the oxidization of the carbon in the hot metal by both pure oxygen gas O 2 and iron oxide Fe 2 O 3 The residual oxygen after contributing to this decarburization reaction remains in the molten steel
Get Price[ top] Modern iron making Iron is manufactured in a blast furnace First iron ore is mixed with coke and heated to form an iron rich clinker called sinter Sintering is an important part of the overall process as it reduces waste and provides an efficient raw material for iron making Coke is produced from carefully selected grades of coal
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