Ferrosilicon is often used as deoxidizer in steel making, and it is also beneficial to improve the temperature of molten steel when it is produced with a large amount of heat during the generation of SiO2.Silicon also can be used as an alloy element joining agent, widely used in low alloy structural steel, spring steel, bearing steel, heat-resistant steel and electrical silicon steel, silicon in the ferroalloy production and chemical industry, commonly used as a reducing agent.

What is Ferrosilicon used for?

This product has many applications in steel production and casting. It contributes an increase in hardness and deoxidising properties but also with an improvement in strength and quality of iron steel products. Using it to manufacture inoculants and nodularisers can give specific metallurgical properties to the final products produced, which can be:

• Stainless steel: for superior corrosion resistance, hygiene, aesthetic and wear-resistance qualities
• Carbon steels: used extensively in suspension bridges and other structural support material and in automotive bodies
• Alloy steel: other types of finished steel

In fact, high-purity products are used in the production of grain-oriented (FeSi HP/AF Specialty Steel) and non-oriented electrical sheet and specialty steels requiring low levels of aluminium, titanium, boron and other residual elements.

Whether used for deoxidizing, inoculating, alloying, or as a source of fuel, our quality ferrosilicon products have stood the test of time.