The use of sponge iron in steel smelting
With a fairly high content ofmetallic iron, the sponge canbe used asa substitute for scrap inthe smelting of high-quality steel. Bythe degree ofmetallization s meant theratio ofmetallic (reduced) iron to the total iron conent of the material: m------~et Fe 100 %, q0 -~ Fetota 1. where ~0 is the degree ofmetallization and Feme ta Fetota d 1are ...