Blast furnace slag
Know MoreBlast furnace slag Blast furnace slag is formed during the production of hot metal by thermo-chemical reduction in a blast furnaceDuring this continuous process, iron ore or pellets as well as fluxes (lime[stone] and/or dolomite) are heated under reducing conditions in the presence of heated air...
IRON AND STEEL
Know MoreThis page looks at the use of the Blast Furnace in the extraction of iron from iron ore, and the conversion of the raw iron from the furnace into various kinds of steel The common ores of iron are both iron oxides, and these can be reduced to iron by heating them with carbon in the form of coke ....