Reaffirmed 2023

1. SCOPE

This standard covers the specification of sponge iron DRI, HBI and cold briquettes for use in steel making in electric arc furnace (EAF) and induction furnaces.

It is also used in blast furnaces and LD converter during steel making by large steel plants.

2. REFERENCES

The following standards contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provision of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of the standards indicated below:

228 (Part 1) : 1987 Method of chemical analysis of steels: Part 1 Determination of carbon by volumetric method (for carbon 0.05 percent to 2.5 percent) (third revision)

265 : 1993 Hydrochloric acid (fourth revision)

1387 : 1993 General requirements for the supply of metallurgical materials (second revision)

1405 : 2010 Iron ores — Sampling and Sample preparation — Manual method (third revision)

1493 : 1959 Methods of chemical analysis of iron ores

1493 (Part 1) : 1981 Method of chemical analysis of iron ores: Part 1 Determination of common constituent (first revision)

1607 : 2013 Method for test sieving (second revision)

10852 : 2012 Storage and transportation of sponge iron, direct reduced (DRI) and hot briquetted iron (HBI) — Guidelines (first revision)

14719 : 1999 Density of hot briquetted iron (HBI) — Method of determination