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Copper Smelting in the Converter

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Pilot-plant and commercial-scale tests on the smelting of copper concentrates in the converter are described. It was concluded that oxygen enrichment of the converter air would be the best means of improving the heat balance of the operation.

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  1. T. Tsurumoto: Oxygen Smelting of Copper, Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japn, June 1953, vol. 6, no. 6.

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  1. metallurgical dept., Nippon Mining Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    Tamon Tsurumoto (manager)

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Tsurumoto, T. Copper Smelting in the Converter. JOM 13, 820–824 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378949

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