Northern Research Station

Title: The use and market for wood in the electrometallurgical industry

Author: Wartluft, Jeffery L.

Date: 1971

Source: Res. Pap. NE-191. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.

Station ID: RP-NE-191

Description: Wood residues, particularly large chips, play an important role in the electric smelting of certain ferro-alloys. This is a report on the characteristics and growth potential of the market for wood in the electrometallurgicaI industry, including a brief account of how wood is used in electrometallurgical processes, a discussion of the preferred form of wood used, a description of plant locations and factors affecting the market, and a look to the future.

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Wartluft, Jeffery L.  1971.  The use and market for wood in the electrometallurgical industry.   Res. Pap. NE-191. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p..