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The purpose of this paper is to point out the possibility of operating cost reductions of $2–$3 per ton of steel when hot metal having suitable phosphorus levels is available and when the product requirements will permit its use in an acid L-D Process. It is not the intention to advocate an acid L-D Process for any wide variety of situations, however, but merely to alert planners to its potentialities and limitations.
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Stone, J.K., Beck, P.J. Acid L-D steelmaking—Attractive Under Special Circumstances. JOM 21, 57–63 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378803
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