Fundamental Metallurgy: From Impact Solutions to New Insight
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 112
Special Issue Editors
Interests: iron and steel extractive metallurgy; continuous casting; tundish metallurgy; physical and numerical modeling
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Interests: process modeling; clean steel; inclusions; CFD; physical model; tundish; ladle refining; stainless steel
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal technologies are important in advanced industries, where iron, aluminium, and copper are used as basic materials. Moreover, many metals are fundamental in the production of microprocessors, catalysts, solid oxide electrolyser cells, and solar panels. In the full production cycle, the basic sources of metals are ores. However, metals are materials that can be completely recovered using multi-stage technologies and used again. Pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical technologies allow the production of alloys or metals with poli- or mono-crystalline structures. Moreover, on different scales, metal technologies can develop advanced properties for strategic products. Currently, advanced numerical models based on fluid mechanics and thermodynamics offer new insights into improving classical technologies. Moreover, advanced physical simulators are successfully validating numerical model results and, together with industry trials, are paving the way for future solutions.
For this Special Issue, submissions of original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: tundish metallurgy, secondary refining, continuous casting, clean steel technologies, refractories, converter and electric arc furnace steelmaking, and metallurgical equipment development. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Adam Cwudziński
Dr. Chao Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smelting
- direct reductions
- treatment technologies
- casting
- leaching
- electrowinning and refining
- welding
- spinning
- deposition technologies
- atomisation technologies
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