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Old 06-26-2021, 11:42 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Cast iron has lots of impurities relative to steel. Once it is molten, by any process you choose, you remove all the impurities through chemical absorption or oxidation. Bessemer used air jets through the kettle and scraped off the slag.

Then you put the materials back in in the proportion you need. Not rocket science.
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