What is Slag? (with pictures)
Aug 23, 2020· Other compounds found in this material depend on the type of smelting. Nonferrous smelting, used to refine copper, lead, and similar metals, produces highly ferrous slag, as iron is an undesired element. Ferrous smelting, such as that used to produce steel, creates non ferrous slag, as all the iron is used in the smelting process.