Steel Vacuum treatment Britannica
When making austenitic stainless steel, the AOD converter is charged with liquid high carbon chromium nickel steel that has been melted in a regular EAF and may contain 1.5 percent carbon, 19 percent chromium, and 10 percent nickel. The blow starts with a high oxygen gas mixture of, for instance, 80 percent oxygen and 20 percent argon, because there is still plenty of carbon in the steel with

































