Prof. N B Ballal

Areas Of Expertise

• Electro slag refining
• Iron and steel making
• Mathematical modelling
• Process metallurgy
• Transport Phenomena,,Texture
• Microtexture,alloy steel
• vacuum induction melting furnace,ESR plant,Ultra High Strength steel
• Carbon replica
• ESR process
• Grain boundary pinning effect
• Mechanical properties
• Microstructures
• Precipitation hardening
• Austenite grain
• Characterisation
• Grain refinement
• Microalloys
• Ultrahigh strength steel
• Ziner pinning effect
• Bainite
• EBSD
• Orientation relationship
• Self-accommodation
• Cooling rate
• Microstructure
• Themomechanical treatment
• Gas-liquid reactions
• Bubbles
• Simulation
• Mass transfer
• Decarburization
• Partial pressure of oxygen
• Fe-Cr-C melt
• Kinetics
• Porous bed
• Layer structure
• Ergun equation
• Gas flow
• Blast furnace
• Iron-oxide pellets
• Packed-beds
• Heat-transfer
• Maldistribution
• Reduction
• Electroslag refining
• Effect of alloying
• Ultrahigh strength steel
• Mechanical properties
• Microstructures
• Heat-affected zones
• Fracture-toughness
• Inoculation
• Microstructure
• Precipitation
• Titanium
• Effect of alloying
• Electroslag refining