They noticed that the chemical composition of old cement powder is virtually identical to that of the lime flux used in electric arc furnaces to recycle scrap steel.
When the bulb is supplied with electricity, the current passes through the air between the two electrodes, creating an electric arc which gives off a very bright light.
During this process, an electric current passes through the gas, creating an electric arc, which moves in the direction of the gas stream while the arc length lengthens.
Yeah, so this is a really interesting question about the future of the British steel industry, because electric arc furnaces cannot produce steel from scratch on their own.
Selsa, a Spanish steel company, is converting an electric arc furnace at its plant in Cardiff to produce the first lot of Cambridge Electric cement on a commercial scale.
Some firms are opting to replace these with new direct reduced iron or DRI and electric arc furnace or EAF plants Blast fan is still making is doubly carbon intensive.
Now, all steelmakers eventually are going to have to switch to cleaner technology, and the choice of most steelmakers so far has been the electric arc furnace, which uses electricity to melt recycled steel.
Now you contrast that with Tata Steel, which has also made the same move of upgrading their furnaces from blast furnaces to electric arc furnaces, and it received 500 million, alongside an investment of 750 million.