| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| MET 479E |
Iron and Steel Making |
English |
Elective |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| Introduction to iron and steel making processes. Raw materials and metallurgical pretreatments. Production of metallurgical
coke. Iron ore and characterization. Sintering and peletizing of iron ore. Production of molten (pig) iron. Blast furnace and
auxiliaries Principles of pig iron production at the blast furnace. Reduction of iron oxides. Bosh and heart reactions. Slag
formation. Techniques for increasing blast furnace productivity. Basic principles of steel production and history processes. Steel
production in basic oxygen converter. Steel production in electric arc furnaces. Deoxidation, gas purging and other ladle
treatments. Principles and technologies of ingot and continuous casting methods. Technologies principles of long and flat
products production. Production of sponge iron. Smelting reduction processes. Iron and steel industry in the world and Turkey. |
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