Refining and Casting of Steel

Dear Colleagues,

Steel is the most requested material all over the world during the past fast technically evolving centuries. As our civilization grows and its technological development is connected with more demanding processes, it is more and more challenging to fit required physical and mechanical properties for steel in its huge portfolio of grades for each steel producer. It is necessary to improve the refining and casting processes continuously to meet customer requirements and lowering the production costs to stay competitiveness.

In this Special Issue, we seek to provide a broad set of the state-of-the-art researches of steel refining and casting. Articles on the ladle refining, vacuum processing, micro cleanness of steel, non-metallic inclusion management, slag optimization, continuous casting, ingot casting, and numerical and physical simulation of mentioned processes are welcome.

Assoc. Prof. Karel Gryc
Assoc. Prof. Jan Falkus
Guest Editors

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