Handbook of Extractive Metallurgy. Volume 1. The metal industry ferrous metals / Справочник по добывающей металлургии. Том 1. Металлургическая промышленность черные металлы

EX1ractive metallurgy is that branch ofmetallurgy that deals with ores as raw material and metals as fInished products. It is an ancient art that has been transformed into a modern science as a result of developments in cheinistry and chemical engineering. The present volume is a collective work of a number of authors in wliich metals, their history, properties, extraction technology, and most important inorganic compounds and toxicology are systematically described.
Metals are neither arranged by alphabetical order as in an encyclopedia, nor according to the Periodic Table as in chemistry textbooks. The system used here is according to an economic classification which reflects mainly the uses, the occurrence, and the economic value of metals. First, the ferrous metals, i.e., the production of iron, steel, and ferroalloys are outlined. Then, nonferrous metals are subdivided into primary, secondary, light, precious, refnlctory, scattered, radioactive, rare earths, ferroailoy metals, the alkali, and the alkaline earth metals. <...>