Production of Iron and Steel
In this project I have researched on the production of Iron and Steel.
I will be looking in detail at how both are made, what they are made
out of and other facts about the two metals.
During iron making, iron ore, coke, heated air and limestone or other
fluxes are fed into a blast furnace. The heated air causes the coke
combustion, which provides the heat and carbon sources for iron
production. Limestone or other fluxes may be added to react with and
remove the acidic impurities, called slag, from the molten iron. The
limestone-impurities mixtures float to the top of the molten iron and
are skimmed off, see Figure 1, after melting is complete.
Sintering products may also be added to the furnace. Sintering is a
process in which solid wastes are combined into a porous mass that can
then be added to the blast furnace. These wastes include iron ore
fines, pollution control dust, coke breeze, water treatment plant
sludge, and flux. Sintering plants help reduce solid waste by
combusting waste products and capturing trace iron present in the
mixture. Sintering plants are not used at all steel production
facilities.
Steel is made via two basic routes - from raw materials including iron
ore, limestone and coke along with recycled steel by the blast furnace
and basic oxygen furnace route or from recycled steel via the electric
arc furnace method.
In 2001 more than 435 million tons of steel were recycled. Steel is
the worlds most recycled material. More than 25% of a steel can
contains recycled material.
Steel is not a single product. There are currently more than 3,500
different grades of stee...
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...ve been around for more than 2,000 years. Steel is
still produced using technology based upon the Bessemer Process of
blowing air through molten pig iron to oxidise the material and
separate impurities.
With a production of over 43 million tonnes in 2001, the
European-based company, Arcelor produces the most steel.
In 2001, China produced more than 149 million tonnes of crude steel
and at more than 170 million tonnes, China is the world's biggest
consumer of steel.
Rust, is the product of corrosion. When steel comes into contact with
water and oxygen there is a chemical reaction and the steel begins to
change to its original form - iron oxide. Today's steel can be
protected against rust. A typical example is the extended warranties
that are offered by automotive manufacturers on the steel car body
panels.
The most successful businessmen during the industrial revolution believed that who they set themselves up with determined whether or not they would be successful. This statement is true because a successful person needs to make partnerships and deals to grow a company or business. Although some of these men are very accomplished, they make bad decision.
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different thing. THey compare in only one way. This is the fact that they both
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used to make products such as plastic lumber, toys, containers, carpet, fiber fill for jackets