Chemistry of Steel Making Neal Sellers Senior Staff Chemist Armco Inc. Middletown, OH The production of iron and steel is one of the most important of the metal industries in the United States. Total 1979 shiuments of domestic steel are forecast a t 100 million tons. ~ h estimated k 1980 consumbtion of steel in the United States is 108 million tons. Steel is .I malleal~lein111alloy which cuntains from 0.05 to 1"; w r l ~ o nplus \,ariuus amwlnt\ of other rlrmcnts. The n ide range clt useid mectumical prupertiei sss
