fix it
Steel, essentially, is a tightly controlled amount of carbon in iron - so yeah, they can't sell it with the extra carbon in it. They should be able to fix the carbon by running it through the BOS process again, mixed in with good iron, but nitrogen can also be a problem. There can be zero tolerance for excess carbon or nitrogen in steel: get it even slightly wrong, buildings fall down and people get sued, or dead.

Well, you did ask..!
( bnt what, me worry?, Sun 15 Feb 2009, 23:28, 1 reply)

I guess
they'd be able to sell it as a screwed batch. For use in ballpoint pens or PC enclosures- something where they'll appreciate the cheapness and there's no real risk of a death.

I wonder what it feels like to die jumping into one of those vats. And if there'd be a way of being dipped inside it, not feel anything, then die.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 12:29, closed)