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Chemical reactions of coke in the iron blast furnace

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The term solution loss is discussed and defined. Examples are given showing that solution loss may either have a favorable or unfavorable effect on blast furnace performance. A theory is advanced explaining the contradictions encountered during earlier studies of the problem.

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  1. Blast Furnace Dept., Indiana Harbor Works, Inland Steel Co., East Chicago, Ind., USA

    James F. Peters (Member AIME, Superintendent)

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Discussion on this paper, TP 3730C, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by June 1, 1954. Manuscript, Feb. 9, 1953. Los Angeles Meeting, February 1953.

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Peters, J.F. Chemical reactions of coke in the iron blast furnace. JOM 6, 466–474 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398028

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