The benefits of slag remelting
Electro Slag Remelting Process (ESR)

Inclusionary cleanliness determines the quality of the products produced (§ 2.5 ).

For steels and superalloys, the most commonly observed inclusions are oxides or carbonitrides, whose size has a direct impact on the product's final mechanical properties.

A distinction is generally made between micro-inclusions, corresponding to the most numerous population of small inclusions (typically < 10 microns in equivalent diameter),...