I have to create a flowchart for my Earth Science class, showing the steps involved from removing raw materials from the earth and turning it into a useful product. I have to do iron to steel. Are there any websites you know that cover this accurately and describe it well? Can you just tell me the steps descriptively?
do you want the blacksmith version or the modern one? again i am cc_tazman11 or cc.tazman both at yahoo not for correspondence but for live chat i can explain both ancient and modern
do you want the blacksmith version or the modern one? again i am cc_tazman11 or cc.tazman both at yahoo not for correspondence but for live chat i can explain both ancient and modern
The most modern way to do it would be to take the iron ore and combine it with coke and limestone in a blast furnace. The product of this would be high carbon pig iron. The pig iron is transferred to a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) where oxygen is blown into the liquid iron to burn out the carbon. The result of this would be steel. It can then be taken to a ladle metallurgy furnace (LMF) for further refining and alloying. The other way steel is made is from melting scrap in an electric furnace, but after that it is also processed in an LMF. These were just the very basic steps, so check out the links I provided as they will give you a lot more info.
