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basic oxygen furnace (BOF)
A pear-shaped furnace, lined with refractory bricks, that refines molten iron from the blast furnace and scrap into steel. Up to 30% of the charge into the BOF can be scrap, with hot metal accounting for the rest.
- Del af tale: noun
- Branche/domæne: Metals
- Category: Steel
- Company: Michelle Applebaum Research
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