Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Research Articles

Basic Oxygen Steelmaking in Colorado

A description of the first basic oxygen steel plant in the Rocky Mountain area, this article also includes operating data since start-up on the 11th of July.

Air Pollution Control in Oxygen Steelmaking

Successful installation of electrostatic precipitators on large open-hearth furnaces led to their use for the LD basic oxygen steelmaking process. This article describes the air pollution control system and presents results of tests and operation at Kaiser Steel’s Fontana, Calif., plant.

The Place of Basic Oxygen Steelmaking

An introduction to a special issue of Journal of Myetals devoted to the revolutionary basic oxygen steelmaking processes.

New Developments in LD Steelmaking

A number of recent developments have widened the area of application of the LD, basic oxygen steelmaking process. These include ore cooling, production of high-carbon and low-alloy steels, and the utilization of high-phosphorous hot metal. This article describes how these techniques have been used in 12 LD steel plants.

LD Steel from High-Phosphorous Iron

Written especially for the Journal of Metals, this article describes development work by the Acieries de Pompey in France which permits the production of quality steels from high-phosphorous hot metal by the LD, basic oxygen steelmaking process. The result is that the LD process can now be used for the treatment of most types of hot metal, regardless of silicon and phosphorus content.

LD operations at Aliquippa

Basic oxygen steelmaking has been going on at J & L’s Aliquippa works since November 1957. From this year’s AIME Annual Meeting, Journal of Metals presents a report which shows the remarkable production records being chalked up by this relatively new process.