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Electric Arc Furnaces Offer Another Technique

 huge fireball erupts as steel scrap is dropped into 3,000-degree Fahrenheit molten steel in a furnace.
huge fireball erupts as steel scrap is dropped into 3,000-degree Fahrenheit molten steel in a furnace. Photo: David McNew (Getty Images)

Some steel mills use a different technique that involves using electricity. Known as an electric arc furnace, this technique also allows mills to recycle steel scrap. This technique, though, is less common than the basic process using oxygen.