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Tapping of 10 tons of ultra hard casting steel from an AOD converter in a speciality steel mill. The worker is looking straight into the heat to be able to distinguish slag which leaves the vessel first from steel which will follow second. In the very moment the slag flow ends, the tapping has to be interrupted so that the slag ladle can be removed and the steel ladle can be put into place. He is using a specially blackened glass to protect his eyes from the extremely bright liquids that reach temperatures of slightly above 1700 degrees Celsius or 3100 degress Fahrenheit at this point.

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