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An Anatomy of Furnace Refractory Erosion: Evidence from a Pilot-Scale Facility Paul den Hoed mintek Private Bag X3015 2125 Randburg South Africa Telephone +27-11-709-4735 Telefax +27-11-709-4564 denhoed@mintek.co.za Keywords: DC-arc, furnace, reverberatory, blast, copper, lead, slag, nickel laterite, chrome, magnesia,alumina, spinel, silicon carbide, graphite, refractory, corrosion, erosion, phase chemistry INTRODUCTION Plasma-arc technology—and DC transferred-arc technology, in particular—has its adherents.1, 2 Mintek is one of them. Since the late 1970s, it has sought to apply thi