Replacement of fluorspar in the desulfurization of hot metal

Abstract In the steel industry, lime is used as a desulfurizing agent and fluorspar as flux in the hot metal desulfurization process. However there are environmental concerns regarding the use of fluorspar, even when its harmful effects are not fully known. In order to reduce such risks and also to...

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Main Authors: Arthur Silva Bahiense Moreira, Carlos Antônio Silva, Itavahn Alves Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Gorceix
Series:REM: International Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2448-167X2018000200261&lng=en&tlng=en