Abstract: A melt is produced composed of iron, manganese and carbon in known ratios for free-cutting carbon steel with sulfur being included at roughly 0.15%. Aluminum and silicon are added to kill the steel fully and silica and alumina are added to the slag as conditioners in the ladle in sufficient amounts to provide a low ladle slag V-ratio (ratio of weight percent CaO to weight percent SiO.sub.2) of approximately two to one to retard desulfurization during a subsequent ladle treatment process wherein sulfur modifying powders such as calcium carbide, calcium silicon or, alternatively, magnesium-bearing materials are injected into the meld in an argon stream at a rate of about two pounds of contained calcium (or one pound of contained magnesium) per ton of liquid steel over a period of six to seven minutes. The low V-ratio slag holds desulfurization to about 30% while permitting effective calcium treatment of the molten steel.

Abstract: A low carbon glassing steel structure having a very fine grain structure used in glass coating applications without deterioration in strength and impact resistance after being subjected to multiple high temperature thermal cycles, the steel structure having a minimum Charpy V-Notch energy of 50 ft-lbs at -50.degree. F. in both the longitudinal and transverse directions and a minimum tensile strength of 60 KSI, an ASTM ferrite grain size of eight or finer, and the following composition:______________________________________ ELEMENT PERCENTAGE BY WEIGHT ______________________________________ Carbon up to 0.10 percent Manganese 0.45-1.25 percent Silicon 0.20-0.65 percent Niobium 0.02-0.