Why cu is used ? why not other material for tip of the lance in LD converter

i am a research scholar working in process metallurgy area, i just want to know why Cu is used for tip of the lance in LD converter? why not any other material

06 July 2017 2,586 4 View

How to find out alkali holding capacity of slag using fact-sage software?

i am working in process metallurgy area

04 May 2016 5,597 1 View

How do I find out the liquidus temperature for a quaternary slag system of CaO-MgO-SiO2-Al2O3 using factsage software?

i am working on bf slags, can any one give a step by step procedure,how to find out liquidus temperature for the above mentioned quaternary slag by using factsage software..

04 May 2015 1,136 1 View

Why do softening and liquidus temperature of bf slag increase with increase in basicity and decrease with increase in MgO content?

03 April 2015 174 2 View

Why do softening temperature and liquidus temperature of the blast furnace slag increase with increase in Al2o3?

03 April 2015 2,162 4 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 View

What cause the beating of this signal?

I am trying to simulate the impact of a sinusoidal force on a Beam, yet I registred this beating signal (Displacement by time). The freaquency of excitation was the same as the first natural...

19 February 2021 5,872 3 View

What is the difference between the supplementary cementitious materials and alkali-activated concrete?

18 February 2021 9,188 3 View

Good day sir/ma. Please, where can I have access to equipment for conducting XRF, XRD and SEM analysis?

I'm using blast furnace slag for stabilizing subgrade soil.

17 February 2021 7,333 3 View

Does Abaqus plugin AM-Modeler predict the same temperature/crystallinity history as UMATHT user-subroutine?

During AM process, progressively activation of elements can predict the temperature/crystallinity history, including surroundings heat losses and than this data could be used to determine the...

06 February 2021 4,686 1 View

For Carbon-emission free steelmaking by electrolysis with nonoxidizable electrode in EAF, what would be electrode material?

While CCS can be employed along with a conventional Carbon-efficient EAF steelmaking process (especially from iron ore) or even Hydrogen or hydrocarbon can bee passed through central electrode,...

30 January 2021 3,378 1 View

What are the thermodynamic and kinetic similarities and differences among dendrite formation during solidification of metals, ceramics and polymers?

Basic dendrite formation of metallic alloys are explained by thermal and constitutional degree of supercooling and most-supercooled band of liquid somewhat ahead of solidification front that...

30 January 2021 8,450 2 View

Can anyone help with a Matlab code for FEM of a FGM plate with piezoelectric patch?

Dear all Please I need a code of finite element element FGM plate with piezoelectric patch using matlab

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