摘要:
A filler sand for a ladle tap hole valve contains 70 to 90 wt % of chromite sand and 10 to 30 wt % of silica sand and is blended externally with 0.05 to 5 wt % of carbon black calculated based on the total amount of the chromite sand and the silica sand; or contains 70 to 90 wt % of chromite sand and 10 to 30 wt % of silica sand, wherein the chromite sand has a particle diameter distribution such that 99% or more of the chromite sand consists of particles having diameters ranging from 150 to 850 &mgr;m and that 95% or more of the chromite sand consists of particles having diameters ranging from 200 to 600 &mgr;m, and the silica sand has a particle diameter distribution such that 95% or more of the silica sand consists of particles having diameters ranging from 150 to 850 &mgr;m and that 80% or more of the silica sand consists of particles having diameters ranging from 200 to 600 &mgr;m.
摘要:
A method for blowing oxygen in a converter uses a top-blown lance having a Laval nozzle installed on its tip. The Laval nozzle has a back pressure of the nozzle Po(kPa) satisfying a formula, Po=FhS/(0.00465·Dt2), with respect to a oxygen-flow-rate FhS(Nm3/hr) per hole of the Laval nozzle determined from the oxygen-flow-rate FS(Nm3/hr) in a high carbon region in a peak of decarburization and a throat diameter Dt(mm). An exit diameter De of the Laval nozzle satisfies the following formula with respect to the back pressure of the nozzle Po(kPa), an ambient pressure Pe(kPa), and the throat diameter Dt(mm): De2≦0.23×Dt2/{(Pe/Po)5/7×[1−(Pe/Po)2/7]1/2}.
摘要:
A liquid encapsulation Czockralski method for growing a single crystal of a semiconductor compound which comprises: melting a semiconductor compound in the presence of a B.sub.2 O.sub.3 liquid encapsulant to form a two phase liquid; dipping a semiconductor seed crystal into the compound melt covered with the B.sub.2 O.sub.3 encapsulant; growing the crystal from the compound melt by pulling up and rotating the seed crystal; and, cooling the crystal in a cooling zone above a crucible. The cooling zone is maintained at a substantially uniform temperature distribution with a small temperature gradient by using primarily an independently controlled crystal cooling zone heater H3. In addition, an independently controlled melt heater H1 and an independently controlled crystal growing heater H2 are employed. Also, a crystal cooling zone heat shield 11 can be provided to aid in slowly cooling the grown crystal in the substantially uniform temperature distribution. Preferably, a crystal cooling zone heater H3 is employed to control the temperature distribution in the cooling zone. The semiconductor crystals produced by employing the process and apparatus of the invention are substantially crack-free both before and after grinding and cutting. Also the etch pitch density (EPD) of the semiconductor crystal material is significantly lower than conventionally produced material.