Module 3: Ladle Metallurgy
  Lecture 25: Principles of degassing
 

Principles   

      
Consider removal of hydrogen and nitrogen from liquid steel

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 and  are activity coefficient of nitrogen and hydrogen in steel,  and  are equilibrium partial pressure of nitrogen and hydrogen in steel.

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