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The accumulation of steel in urban areas has led to the recent development of the mini mill. This relies on the use of an electric arc furnace to melt down scrap and refining it into billet steel. ...The programme considers the normal cycle of steel production via the basic bulk oxygen furnace and sees how the mini mill fits into this cycle by producing usable steel from scrap. As a natural progression theprogramme finally considers the new technique of direct reduction of iron oxide into iron amd analyses the practical and economic necessities for this move.
The accumulation of steel in urban areas has led to the recent development of the mini mill. This relies on the use of an electric arc furnace to melt down scrap and refining it into billet steel. ...The programme considers the normal cycle of steel production via the basic bulk oxygen furnace and sees how the mini mill fits into this cycle by producing usable steel from scrap. As a natural progression theprogramme finally considers the new technique of direct reduction of iron oxide into iron amd analyses the practical and economic necessities for this move.
| Module code and title: | T352, Materials processing |
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| Item code: | T352; 09 |
| First transmission date: | 1979 |
| Published: | 1979 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Colin Robinson |
| Contributors: | L Gill; F Sale |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Arc furnace; Direct iron reduction; Mini mill |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72641 |
| Production number: | 00525_5333 |
| Videofinder number: | 1436 |
| Available to public: | no |
