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An oxygen steelmaking process

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High carbon, low phosphorus steel can now be made from pig iron containing 0.7 pct P or more, in a commercial sized open hearth furnace. No external heat is required for refining, and steel produced is identical with basic open hearth steel.

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  1. Indiana Harbor Works, Inland Steel Company, East Chicago, Ind., Canada

    F. W. Luerssen (Junior Member, AIME), J. W. Halley (Member, AIME, are Chief of Reduction and Refining Research, Assistant Manager, Research) & M. Tenenbaum (Member, AIME, Development, and Superintendent, Metallurgical Quality Control)

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  1. F. W. Luerssen
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TP 4647C. Manuscript, April 2, 1957.

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Luerssen, F.W., Halley, J.W. & Tenenbaum, M. An oxygen steelmaking process. JOM 9, 1533–1540 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397970

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