An analysis is made of the hazards associated with the production of titanium in electric-arc furnaces. It is shown that hydrogen can be released at high rates as a result of depressurization of the walls of the mold and the entry of water into the titanium melt. The parameters of the explosion of a hydrogen–air mixture are determined and a method is proposed for calculation of the design parameters of safety devices for vacuum-arc furnaces used to make titanium.
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Translated from Metallurg, No. 3, pp. 69–72, March, 2011.
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Mazur, A.S., Yankovskii, I.G., Kozlov, A.A. et al. Calculation of the impact of the explosion of hydrogen–air mixtures on the safety devices of a vacuum-arc furnace used to produce titanium. Metallurgist 55, 208 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-011-9414-6
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