Alternate Reductants to Charcoal for the Production of Standard Grade Ferro-Silicon

Abstract

It has been the earlier practice to use charcoal as sole reductant for the production of standard grade ferro silicon. But these days the availabilityof charcoal is diminishing in an ecology conscious society. In view of this fact National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur has developed different proportions of reductants in the charge mix to replace charcoal.