Developments in electric arc furnace steelmaking

Iron and Steel Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 111-123

  Irons, Gordon A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; GAS EMISSIONS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSORS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE (EAF); ELECTRICAL POWER; OPTIMIZED OPERATIONS;

STEELMAKING;

EID: 21544447549     PISSN: 15470423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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