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Recent work shows that modern optical techniques, in conjunction with atomic and molecular spectroscopy, are valuable tools for on-line control of the Creusot-Loire-Uddeholm converter for alloy steelmaking. The optical technique has been closely investigated in relation to the reduction step of the process, and the resultant observations point towards a variety of applications in several steelmaking processes.
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Persson, W., Wendt, W. & Bertheussen, H. On-line optical process control in steelmaking. JOM 41, 17–19 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03220355
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