Earth and the Environment

What is the basic oxygen process also known as?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/basic-oxygen-process-also-known-107217.html" >What is the basic oxygen process also known as?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

In the basic oxygen process, or Linz-Donawitz process, developed in the 1950s, the design of the furnace is changed, and oxygen added to the air intake permits more rapid refining of the charge (material in the furnace).

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about steel . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: When was the Linz-Donawitz process invented? What is the Linz-Donawitz process? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Sea plants regulate oxygen level. (Univ of Texas at Austin researchers discover...
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) ...which atmospheric oxygen is regulated...of Technology, oxygen, phosphorus...marine plants known as phytoplankton...the atmospheric oxygen level that ultimately...are a number of basic reactions living...While land plants also respire oxygen...through natural processes ...
Sea plants regulate oxygen level
Magazine article from: USA Today ...which atmospheric oxygen is regulated...of Technology, oxygen, phosphorus...marine plants known as phytoplankton...the atmospheric oxygen level that ultimately...are a number of basic reactions living...While land plants also respire oxygen...through natural processes ...
Let's get more familiar (part two).(The Green Thumb)
Magazine article from: Walls & Ceilings ...manufacturing process for steel as...a.k.a. "basic oxygen furnace") method...the iron). Oxygen and heat (from...natural gas) are also used in the process...without the use of oxygen, organics and...into what is known as "pig iron...
Study of Inclusion Bands in Continuously Cast Steel Billets for Rolling...
Magazine article from: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions ...because the process of continuous...stringent forming processes. The presence...strips and can also cause wire breakage...steel from the basic oxygen furnace vessel...significant dissolved oxygen, which is removed...compounds generally known as indigenous...additives, and ...
DIRECT, ENCLOSED STEELMAKING STUDIED
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) ...The companies also are considering...steelmaking process, known as intelligent...railroad cars to the basic oxygen furnaces, where...together with oxygen to form molten...said the new process would allow significant...casting and basic oxygen furnaces in ...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.