Study on flow and mixing characteristics of molten steel in RH and RH-KTB refining processes

Ji‐He Wei1, Neng-Wen Yu1, Yang-Yi Fan1, Sen-Long Yang1, Jinxing Ma1, De-Ping Zhu1
1College of Materials Science & Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

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