Inclusion Removal Mechanisms of Al-Killed 304 Low Carbon Stainless Steel Melt Using Hercynite Coated Al2O3-C Ceramic Foam Filters

Subject Areas : Ceramics

Ali Baghaei ¹ , Amir Abbas Nourbakhsh ² , Reza Ebrahimi-Kahrizsangi ³

1 - Advanced Materials Research Center, Materials Engineering Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2 - Advanced Materials Research Center, Materials Engineering Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran; Department of Materials Science, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran
3 - Advanced Materials Research Center, Department of Materials Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

Received: 2020-08-25 Accepted : 2020-08-30 Published : 2021-05-01

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