A number of test ingots weighing about 4 tons were made of semi-killed Steel of C: 0.16-0.25% and Mn: 0.34-0.54% by applying widely different degrees of deoxidation. Taking a test-piece from the corner of each of these ingots, an investigation was carried out of the conditions of blow-holes: the relations between the degree of deoxidation and the number, the size, the position and the distribution of blow-holes were tried to be nade clear.Further, a study was made also about the mechanism of blow-hole formation. After studying quantitatively the roles of CO, H2 and N2 to be played about formation of blow-holes, it was concluded that in case of semi-killed steel, no small care must be paid not only to the degree of deoxidation, but also to H% in moltem steel, inasmuch as that the stronger the degree of deoxidation becomes, the more the CO% in the composition of gas will get decreased, and when the deoxidation is raised so much that almost no blow-holes will come about, the gas composition will be CO: about 30%, H2: about 60%, N2: about 10%.
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