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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2000
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a simplified ladle refining process capable of efficiently heating a molten steel in a short period of time while scattering and adhesion of splashes and erosion of refractories are suppressed. A simplified ladle refining process for refining a molten steel in a ladle comprising inserting an immersion snorkel into a ladle and blowing an oxidizing gas onto the surface of a molten steel within the immersion snorkel through a lance while the molten steel is being stirred by blowing an inert gas through the bottom of the ladle, wherein the lance has a ratio (d,/d,) of a nozzle outlet diameter d,(mm) to a nozzle throat diameter d,(mm) of from 1.2&agr; to 2.5&agr; wherein &agr; is defined as a function of a back pressure.