Lesson 3: Practice

Using Slag Conditioning Effectively

Sometimes you can figure out how things work best, and which things work best, by examining the conditions where they don’t work well. In this lesson we look at the factors that influence the costs of slag conditioning (some not-so-obvious), and the factors that influence their effectiveness. Then we’ll review the characteristics of available slag conditioning materials that will be consistently better than others under difficult or optimum conditions. Finally, we’ll look at how and why calcium carbide is best used.