The penetration of oxygen lance jets in foaming slags

Iron and Steelmaker (I and SM)

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-68

  McGee, P ^a   Irons, G A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FURNACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; STEELMAKING;

ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; OXYGEN LANCE JETS; SLAG FOAMING;

SLAGS;

EID: 0036031820     PISSN: 02758687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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