Although the ERC process is not limited to use in the steel industry, a patented technology exists that claims the advantages of formic acid over the commonly used mineral acids for steel pickling.
Voestalpine is investing EUR188m (US$217m) to build a new integrated pickling line in the cold rolling mill 3 (BETA 3) at its site in Linz, Austria. The fully automated pickling line with tandem cold ...
Recent technological developments in the electro-reduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid, a valuable chemical with possible application in the steel pickling process, may offer an alternative to ...