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Industrial-scale leadmaking with the QSL continuous oxygen converter

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  1. Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, USA

    Paul E. Queneau (professor emeritus of engineering)

  2. Metallurgy Division, Lurgi GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

    Andreas Siegmund (manager, lead technology)

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Queneau, P.E., Siegmund, A. Industrial-scale leadmaking with the QSL continuous oxygen converter. JOM 48, 38–44 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03222918

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