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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1990
Otojiro Kida, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Taketsugu, Takasago, JP;
Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The service life of a bottom electrode for a direct current arc furnace for producing steel is prolonged by using ZrB.sub.2 type sintered bodies for a contacting pins which constitutes a major part of the bottom electrode wherein the ZrB.sub.2 type sintered bodies have a corrosion-resistance to molten steel and slag. Further, the number of contacting pins to be used is reduced by forming each of the pins into a form of pillar with a through hole at the axis, or by assembling a plurality of longitudinally divided pin portions to form a contacting pin, whereby the diameter of the contacting pin can be made large. Then the space between contacting pins is made broad, and brick having good corrosion-resistance are filled in the space so that the service life of the bottom electrode is brought closer to that of the refractory lining of the direct current arc furnace.