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We determined the main sources of hydrogen in steel and the values of the process parameters needed to remove hydrogen to the necessary degree. A technology was developed to make skelp steels that will contain no more than 2 ppm hydrogen in the finished state.
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Translated from Metallurg, No. 11, pp. 41–42, November, 2004.
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Zinchenko, S.D., Filatov, M.V., Efimov, S.V. et al. Technological aspects of hydrogen removal with the use of a ladle-type vacuum-degassing unit. Metallurgist 48, 553–556 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-005-0026-x
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