Copper Smelting
2.1.1.6.1 FeO–Fe 2 O 3 –SiO 2 Slags. It has been customary since early times in copper smelting, when acid refractories were used universally, to add SiO2 to form a slag with the iron that has been oxidized. This is still the most common practice today, though many furnaces now use basic refractories. Viscosities of slags are important ...