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Vacuum melting in the steel industry today

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Production of vacuum melted steels has grown from the pilot plant category to a major production status within the last few years. The story of this development is told by one of the firms which has done most in this field

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Dyrkacz, W.W. Vacuum melting in the steel industry today. JOM 9, 1513–1516 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397965

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