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This article deals with the spout eyes developing, at the surface of a metal melt, in the ladle during argon stirring. Cold model experiments involving a mercury bath with an oil layer as slag and industrial experiments on a 350 t steel ladle have been carried out. The eye geometry as measured with a video technique is highly dynamic. The time average of the free surface area and the time fraction of complete coverage have been determined and are represented with dimensionless correlations.
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Yonezawa, K., Schwerdtfeger, K. Spout eyes formed by an emerging gas plume at the surface of a slag-covered metal melt. Metall Mater Trans B 30, 411–418 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-999-0073-y
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