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Translated from Metallurg, No. 2, pp. 33–38, February, 2005.
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Sperkach, I.E., Kurunov, I.F. Methods of Intensifying Blast-Furnace Operation. Metallurgist 49, 44–52 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-005-0050-x
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