occur when water or damp gets under the bath surface of molten melts. In the operation of medium-frequency furnaces with total emptying, the danger is somewhat less, since the charging process can be controlled so that any wet or damp charge material can dry out above the melting bath. If water penetrates below the melt, it will expand suddenly and quickly to about 600x its original volume.
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