Silicon, like manganese, is an important constituent of many steels, the alloy ferrosilicon being added to deoxidize and purify the metal and thus to increase its tensile strength.
The capacity is ample to meet all demands, but cheap ferrosilicon from Canada also enters United States markets.
A higher grade of ferrosilicon (80 to 85 per cent) is used for certain special steels, and during the war considerable quantities were used in making hydrogen gas for balloons.
Ferrosilicon of the higher grades is manufactured principally in electric furnaces at Niagara Falls.
Ferrosilicon is a silicide of iron alloyed with an excess of iron, which finds extensive use in the manufacture of certain kinds of steel.
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