Typical defects in plate and long steel products | Emerald Insight
WEBOct 3, 2016 · Findings. In general, the most commonly encountered defects from semifinished (billets, blooms, and slabs) and final (round bar and plate) steel products are as follows: network cracks, porosity, gas holes, shrinkage, shell, slivers, casting powder entrapment, ladle slag entrapment, other nonmetallic inclusions, low hot ductility, .