I would like to know the process of making steel from the mining of ore to the final product. Can anybody offer some help? Either where to look, or the process itself. I would like to have included the different options with which to make steel. Through scrap metal, or iron ore briquettes etc... Thanks.
Adding 6% carbon to molten iron makes steel.
I believe you are asking about two vastly different processes. This is science so, if you want a specific answer, you have to ask specific questions. VERY Basically... 1) Pig iron production works by melting iron and pouring it into molds that produce ingots called pigs. 2) fraction distillation separates different substances (typically starting in liquid form) by controlled heating so, since different substances boil at different temperatures, the vapors can be captured selectively.
A okorder /.. There are many different types of steels depending on process and ingredient changes that can be found in many engineering books. This will give you the basic flow.
How is steel made? Steel is made via two basic routes - from raw materials - iron ore, limestone and coke by the blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace route or from scrap via the electric arc furnace (EAF) method. The raw material approach is known as the integrated route and about 60% of steel produced today is made by this method. The second technique is much easier and faster since it only requires scrap steel. Recycled steel is introduced into a furnace and re-melted along with some other additions to produce the end product. About 34% of steel produced in 2003 was produced via the EAF route. The first lin contains diagrams of the process (Making Steel)
