iron refining process

  • FR2392120A1 - PROCESS FOR REFINING IRON OR STEELS

    Process for refining iron or steels. According to the invention, an iron and steel bath is refined by adding to said molten bath a compressed and deformed composite shell, obtained by covering a core material made of at least one element selected from metallic calcium, metallic magnesium, calcium alloys and magnesium alloys, by an iron sheath, …

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  • Innovative Steelmaking Process: Facilities for Secondary Refining …

    Dec 22, 2009· *1 Secondary Refining The steel refining process is divided into two categories: primary refining, which is designed to remove carbon from pig iron, and other refining processes conducted after the primary refining, which are collectively called secondary refining. Secondary refining removes impurities and adjusts elements.

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  • Kelly Pneumatic Iron Process - American Chemical …

    William Kelly's pneumatic iron. William Kelly (1811–1888) was the American ironworks owner who is credited with first identifying a pneumatic process for iron refining. Kelly's discovery was a critical development in the …

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  • How iron is made - material, manufacture, making, …

    Separating the iron from the slag. 2 The melted iron sinks to the bottom of the furnace. The limestone combines with the rock and other impurities in the ore to form a slag which is lighter than the iron and floats on top. …

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  • US3856510A - Pig iron refining process - Google Patents

    Pig iron is refined in a tiltable convertor using oxygen blown into the melt with a surrounding sheath of protective fluid such as propane, the metal is blown in two stages, first with the vessel in a vertical position and then with the vessel on its side. The first blow is stopped when the carbon is not more than 0.50%, preferably about 0.20-0.30%, above the …

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  • Iron Mining Process - Minnesota Iron

    The iron ore is separated from the taconite using magnetism. The remaining rock is waste material and is dumped into tailings basins. The taconite powder with the iron in it is called concentrate. Pellets The concentrate …

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  • The Process of Making and Refining Steel from Raw Iron

  • Steelmaking - Wikipedia

    Steelmaking is the process of producing steel from iron ore and/or scrap.In steelmaking, impurities such as nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur and excess carbon (the most important impurity) are removed from …

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