Table of Contents

Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON MATERIALS
Chapter 2 DENSITY AND POROSITY
Chapter 3 ANGLE OF REPOSE
Chapter 4 RAW MATERIALS STRENGTH
Chapter 5 COAL AND COKE FOR IRONMAKING UNITS
Chapter 6 LIQUID AND GASEOUS FUELS
Chapter 7 PELLETISATION OF IRON ORE FINES
Chapter 8 IRON ORE SINTERING
Chapter 9 IRON ORE REDUCTION AND SWELLING
Chapter 10 STEELMAKING
Chapter 11 INGOT CASTING

Appendix I Safety Guide
Appendix II Unit Conversion Tables
Appendix III Mathematical Formulae
Appendix IV Useful Data
Appendix V Fabrication of Tools and Equipment

Bibliography
Subject Index

About the Author

R. C. Gupta, Ph.D., former Professor in Metallurgy and Head, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IT-BHU. He has been engaged in teaching and research activities in the field of Ferrous Process Metallurgy for the past four decades at Banaras Hindu University. His teaching and research interests include energy and environment. He has worked on renewable energy for use in metal industry and use of metallurgical solid waste to make value-added products. Dr. R.C. Gupta has supervised the research/project work of 11 Ph.D. and about 70 M.Tech. and B.Tech. students for their respective degrees (Ph.D., M.Tech. and B.Tech.). He has edited two conference proceedings and published more than 120 research papers in various international/national journals. He is a member of various expert committees of Government of India related to the environment management.