It would no be possible to make steel without these ceramics |
This is a ceramic plug to stop the flow of steel |
Alumina and carbon |
A visit to the State Key Ceramics Laboratory. This is a gate for pouring steel |
Magnesium oxide and carbon |
Many people know that steelmaking involves blowing gas from the bottom of the ladle, through molten steel |
The lower part is a cross section. The gas enters through thin slits, then through the porous ceramic and bubbles into the steel |
The oter side of the gate |
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Another composite ceramic |
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This is insulating ceramic |
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Different kind of insulating ceramic |
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Shows the development of earing in deep-drawn steel due to anisotropic properties |