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ducted in a
volatilize these ponents because of the rel
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More fluid slags can be obtained, e.g., in
the partial recluC pig
enite to manufacture because
iron a no fluxg• The are
of ilm ontent. The soluces" to
slag is highly viscous below 1500 °
ectric furnace so
d to maintain a high titanium c that til
addeproblem is the utilization of el
this
high temperatures desired are obtained
FURNACES
temp e r ,
A ace is a reactor used to conduct a reaction at high
furn
ture. To prevent the loss of heat, it is usually lined with refractoa bricks. In the
design of a furnace the method of heating must first
considered. Provision must then be made for introducing the feed
material,
collecting Operated
the reaction products, measuring and
the temperature, as well other auxiliaries. A furnace may
controlling
be
on a continuous or a batch basis, and the reaction products may be gaseous,
molten, or solid. The furnaces commonly used in metallur are given below, while
more specialized furnaces are described later in, Chapters 17 and 29.
rnace
Hearth fu
plest and oldest type of furnaces. When first intro duced,
This is the sim
carbonaceous fuel was used; presently, it is modernized by using electric
heating. In an old hearth furnace for heating PbS ores (Figure 5.9), the ore is
mixed with fuel which floats on a bath of mol ten lead in a cast iron dish set in
masonry. Air is supplied by a side blast. The reduced lead s through the
trickle
charge into the bath and overflows down a sloping n iron pot
plate into a
outside the furnace. they
The lumps of slag are picked out and removed as
are formed, and
fresh quantities of ore and fuel added in small charges as
required. The
electric hearth furnace, usually known as electric
rnace, is used extensively for steelmaking (Figure 5.10).
fu
ti
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Air s
bellow
Bath of molten Pb
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