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Smelting ferroalloys by means of borate ores

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Borate ore is investigated in the smelting of ferrosilicon, silicochrome, and carbon ferrochrome. A method by which high-basicity smelting slags of refined ferrochrome may be stabilized is proposed.

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Kim, 2008, published in “Stal’,” 2008, No. 8, pp. 55–58.

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Kim, A.S. Smelting ferroalloys by means of borate ores. Steel Transl. 38, 664–667 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0967091208080196

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