basic oxygen process

  

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Modern steel manufacturing method in which oxygen is blown at high pressure over the surface of the molten pig iron and scrap to burn off impurities. This process generates temperatures high enough to allow large amounts of scrap (typically 20-30 percent) to be used.

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