basic slag

NOUN
  1. slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer

How To Use basic slag In A Sentence

  • As we have already pointed out in the chapter on Basic Slag, phosphoric acid occurs in the slag in the form of tetrabasic phosphate of lime, although it is invariably stated in analysis as so much tricalcic phosphate. Manures and the principles of manuring
  • The lining must resist high temperature, oxidized basic slag and liquid metal.
  • It may be urged that it does not seem necessary to effect the desulphurization by means of the reaction of the manganese and iron sulphide outside of the blast furnace, as it is possible, by suitably directing the blast furnace, by the employment of manganiferous ores or highly basic slag, so to desulphurize the iron in the blast furnace itself that it would be unnecessary further to lower the percentage of sulphur. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
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