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The production of vacuum-treated rail steel with discharge of metal containing at least 0.10% C from the electrofurnace and the addition of carbon-bearing material in the ladle at discharge is described. This technology significantly reduces the oxygen content in the steel and the presence of rows of brittle-fracturing oxides and hence permits the production of higher-quality steel.
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Original Russian Text © A.B. Yur’ev, N.A. Kozyrev, D.V. Boikov, S.V. Feiler, T.P. Zakharova, 2013, published in “Izvestiya VUZ. Chernaya Metallurgiya,” 2013, No. 2, pp. 11–15.
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Yur’ev, A.B., Kozyrev, N.A., Boikov, D.V. et al. Influence of melt oxidation on the quality of rail steel. Steel Transl. 43, 42–46 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0967091213020198
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