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23.1 Introduction
This chapter will give an overview over typical results and
expectations when thinking about nonferrous metals and
oxygen-enhanced combustion. The nonferrous metals
and alloys are a very wide range of metals—basically all
metals but steel and iron. The purpose of this chapter is
to describe what oxygen-enhanced combustion can do to
improve the melting results of nonferrous metals. The focus
of this chapter will be on the following metals:
• Aluminum
• Copper
• Lead
After iron and steel, they are the most common metals
today and offer signicant benets when using oxygen-
enhanced combustion.
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