An experimental study of argon injection and aspiration of air into stopper rods in continuous casters

81st Steelmaking Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 63-71

  Sjöström, Ulf ^a   Burty, Marc ^b   Gaggioli, A ^b   Radot, J P ^c  

^a MEFOS   (Sweden)

^b IRSID   (France)

^c Sollac (Usinor Group)   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOMS (METAL); CARBON MONOXIDE; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; STEELMAKING;

AIR INGRESS; ARGON FLOW RATE; BLOOM CASTING; CONTINUOUS CASTERS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; POROUS INSERTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RE-OXIDATION; SLAB CASTERS; THREE-LEVEL;

ARGON;

EID: 85197742418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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