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Basic Oxygen Furnace
Production of Steel
Term | Definition |
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Basic Oxygen Furnace | One type of Furnace used to produce Steel |
Charge | What is put into the furnace |
Molten Pig Iron | Liquid iron produced in the blast furnace |
Limestone | Floats the waste to the top |
Scrap Metal | Recycling scrap metal to reproduce steel |
Oxygen Lance | Blows in oxygen to raise the temperature to melt the charge |
Testing | The Quality of steel must be checked before Tapping. |
Water Cooled oxygen Lance | The lance is water cooled to stop it from melting |
Fume hood | An extractor fan to take away gasses produced |
Refractory lining | Prevents heat loss and protects the outer layer of the furnace |
Tapping Spout | The furnace is tilted to allow the molten steel to be removed |
Slag removal | The furnace is turned upside down to empty the waste |
Charging the Basket | The lance is removed the furnace is tilted to the side to put in the charge |