Comparative studies on analytical methods for carbon and sulphur determination

Carbon and sulphur plays an important role in the quality control of ferrous metals in the production of steel, cast iron and ferro-alloys. All modern steel industries or any ferrous metallurgical processes therefore require a rapid and accurate determination/estimation of the above elements. Keeping this in view, a comparative study of the methods available for the determination of both the elements is taken up and reported here. The merits and demerits of the methods used have been highlighted.