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Basic oxygen furnace

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002825

Any refractory-lined vessel in which high-purity oxygen is blown under pressure through a bath of molten iron, scrap metal, and fluxes to produce steel.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002825
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
AbbreviationBOF
References40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Basic oxygen furnace",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Basic Oxygen Furnace",
  "definition": "Any refractory-lined vessel in which high-purity oxygen is blown under pressure through a bath of molten iron, scrap metal, and fluxes to produce steel.",
  "abbreviation": "BOF",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/basic-oxygen-furnace/"
}

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