Results are presented from studies and experiments conducted with the objective of reducing the overall contamination of steel
by nonmetallic inclusions and changing their morphology. The article describes a new technology for deoxidizing steel and
examines the main types of defects formed in steel’ the conditions under which they form’ and the mechanisms responsible for
their formation.
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Translated from Metallurg’ No. 3’ pp. 39–40’ March’ 2008.