De-siliconizing of Hot Metal by Means of an Oxygen Lance

Rodney Begg tells us of de-siliconizing: “When I was at Skinningrove this had fallen out of favour and the equipment lay at the end of the Talbot’s, next to ’D’ furnace. Sound in principle and obviously successful in other areas (this is the basis for Basic Oxygen Steelmaking), it never seemed to catch on at Skinningrove!”.

Thanks to Rodney Begg for this observation.