Metal Winning: Iron- and Steel-Making

Bailey, A. R.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-00088-3_10

A. R. Bailey M.Sc., Ph.D., D.I.C., A.I.M.²

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THE predominance of iron in the world of metals is due, apart from its useful properties, to the existence of considerable high-grade deposits of easily reducible oxidised minerals. The main economic minerals are hematite (Fe₂O₃), limonite (2Fe₂O₃. 3H₂O), magnetite (Fe₃O₄) and siderite (FeCO₃). Thus the production of iron by far exceeds that of aluminium, although the latter is actually more common in the earth’s crust.

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Bailey, A.R. (1960). Metal Winning: Iron- and Steel-Making. In: A Text-Book of Metallurgy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00088-3_10

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