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Plant studies on commercial-size ingots and laboratory experiments with induction furnace heats have demonstrated that the major source of ingot cracks is associated with two conditions arising during top-pouring practice: 1—solidification during pouring, and 2—turbulence created by the impact of the stream. Methods of controlling the two factors were effective in eliminating or significantly reducing ingot cracks.
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Discussion on th is paper, TP 3775C , may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by Oct. 1, 1954. Manuscript, Feb. 10, 1954. New York Meeting, February 1954 .
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Orehoski, M.A., Arant, N.R. & Pusateri, J.A. Ingot cracks in killed, fine-grained C1020 steel. JOM 6, 891–899 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398033
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