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Explosion water / molten metal

Explosions following a molten metal / water contact are well-known accidents in the metallurgical industry, which sometimes result in significant human and material consequences. The ARIA database contains some fifty such events implying ferrous and non-ferrous metals melt. The fact[...]
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Fire outbreak on a stripping unit inside a steel mill

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Fire was detected at 10:05 pm in the stainless steel sheet stripping unit of an upper-tier Seveso metallurgical plant. The surface treatment line, composed of 7 unheated polypropylene tanks (5 containing hydrochloric acid, 1 containing hydrofluoric acid, 1 containing nitric[...]
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