Explain the difference between soft slag and hard slag.

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The two types of slag produced during a cut are soft slag and hard slag. Soft slag is very porous, brittle, and easily removed from a cut. There is little or no unoxidized iron in it. It may be found on some good cuts. Hard slag may be mixed with soft slag. Hard slag is attached solidly to the bottom edge of a cut, and it requires a lot of chipping and grinding to be removed. There is 30% to 40% or more unoxidized iron in hard slag. The higher the unoxidized iron content, the more difficult the slag is to remove. Slag is found on bad cuts, due to dirty tips, too much preheat, too slow a travel speed, too short a coupling distance, or incorrect oxygen pressure.

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