Задания к тексту Basic oxygen process (1, 2, 3)
Exercise 1
Ответьте на следующие вопросы:
- What is the oldest process for making steel in large quantities?
- Can you describe the Bessemer converter?
- What is the function of the air Bessemer process?
- Has air been replaced in basic oxygen process by hydrogen or other material?
- What is lowered into the furnace after the furnace is charged and ready to start operation?
- What is the approximate distance of the water-cooled tip of the lance above the charge?
- Does the refining process take more than two hour to finish the Bessemer process?
- What volume of steel can be made in an hour time in Bessemer converter?
Exercise 2
Заполните пропуски недостающими по смыслу словами, используя текст:
- The Bessemer process is the oldest process for making … in large quantities.
- A tall, pear-shaped furnace is called a Bessemer … .
- The Bessemer converter can be … sideways for charging and …
- Great quantities of … have to be blown through the molten metal during the Bessemer process.
- In Bessemer process oxygen unites chemically with the … and carries them off.
- In the basic … … steel is also refined in a pear-shaped furnace that tilts sideways for charging and pouring.
- After the furnace is charged and turned upright, an oxygen … is lowered into it.
- Thousands of cubic meters of … are blown into the furnace at supersonic speed.
- The oxygen combines with … and other unwanted elements and starts a high-temperature churning reaction.
Exercise 3
Соответствуют ли данные предложения содержанию текста:
- The latest process for making steel in large quantities is called the Bessemer process.
- Very limited quantities of air are blown through the molten metal in the Bessemer process.
- In the basic oxygen process, steel is also rolled into sheets.
- The oil-cooled tip of the lance is usually about 2 m above the charge.
- Thousands of cubic meters of hydrogen are blown into the furnace at normal speed.
- In the Bessemer process the oxygen combines with carbon and other unwanted elements.
- The refining process in Bessemer converter takes 50 min or less.
- Approximately 1275 metric tons of steel can be made in an hour.