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basic oxygen converter

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ID 671310 Last modified 02.01.2025
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Domain steel production
  • aluselise vooderdisega kallutatav konverter toormalmist terase tootmiseks hapniku ülevalt sissepuhumise teel (vt hapnikkonvertermenetlus)
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    • Hapnikkonverteri täidis koosneb 65-75% ulatuses toormalmist ja 25-35% ulatuses terasmurrust, räbu moodustajana lisatakse lupja.
  • a large tiltable vessel lined with basic refractory material that is a type of furnace (converter) for steelmaking (see: basic oxygen process)
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    • A converter (furnace) in which after charging with molten pig iron (usually comprises 65 to 75% of the charge), scrap steel, and fluxes, a lance is brought down near the surface of the molten metal and jet of high-velocity oxygen impinges on the metal; the oxygen reacts with carbon and other impurities in the steel to form liquid compounds that dissolve in the slag and gases that escape from the top of the vessel.
hapnikkonverter
basic oxygen furnace preferred
basic oxygen converter
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