Development of the combined decarburization process for stainless steel utilizing K-BOP and KTB

K.  Kurokawa; H.  Ohsugi; M.  Nishikoori; H.  Nishikawa; K.  Hamagami; M.  Kuga

doi:10.1051/metal/199491040581

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Volume 91 / No 4 (Avril 1994)

Rev. Met. Paris, 91 4 (1994) 581-588

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Issue		Rev. Met. Paris Volume 91, Number 4, Avril 1994


Page(s)		581 - 588
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/metal/199491040581
Published online		20 January 2017

Rev. Met. Paris, Vol. 91, N°4 (Avril 1994), pp. 581–588

Development of the combined decarburization process for stainless steel utilizing K-BOP and KTB^*

Développement d'un procédé de soufflage combiné (K-BOP + KTB) pour la décarburation des aciers inoxydables

K. Kurokawa, H. Ohsugi, M. Nishikoori, H. Nishikawa, K. Hamagami and M. Kuga

Abstract

Kawasaki Steel has established the new stainless steel decarburization process utilizing the KTB method in which oxygen gas is blown into the steel melt in RH vacuum degassing vessel. It has become possible to raise the tapping carbon content at K-BOP for reduction of chromium oxidation, and to produce high chromium steel with ultra-low carbon and nitrogen more economically than K-BOP/VOD process, with higher productivity.

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Subject of lecture at the ATS Steelmaking Conference 1993 (Paris, 15-16 December, 1993, Session 10).

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