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"Turkdogan's book is a welcome, excellent addition to the existing literature on the science of steelmaking. Written by a recognised expert in the field who has participated for many years in the research effort at US Steel, it covers concisely, clearly, and thoroughly a variety of pertinent topics." TZ Kattamis, University of Connecticut Gives engineers, research scientists and graduate students a clear understanding of the operation and control of the pyrometallurgical process. It will also be useful for technical training courses given to steel plant engineers and plant operators.

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Turkdogan's book is a welcome, excellent addition to the existing literature on the science of steelmaking. Written by a recognized expert in the field who has participated for many years in the research effort at US Steel, it covers concisely, clearly, and thoroughly a variety of pertinent topics, aiming at a better understanding and control of pyrometallurgical processes involved. There are ten chapters (with appropriate lists of references) that cover areas such as thermochemistry and thermodynamics, rate phenomena, thermomechanical and transport properties of gases, physicochemical properties of steel and molten slags, liquid steel-slag reactions, pretreatment of blast-furnace iron, oxygen steelmaking and steel refining in the ladle, and, finally, reactions during the solidification of steel. The book is very well written and presented, with good illustrations, informative tables, and a comprehensive index. For graduate students, research scientists, and plant engineers. An excellent acquisition for academic and corporate libraries. T. Z. Kattamis University of Connecticut