According to the investigation,the dispersed (porous) type plug has been widely used as a argon blowing plug for secondary refining of ladle.In recent years, compared with the dispersion plug,the slit type plug is more and more widely used because of its advantages of larger gas flow rate and excellent corrosion resistance.The slit type plug for ladle has good gas fluidity,because the plug can be cleaned by oxygen gas blowing in hot repair process to recover gas flowability and can be recycled many times.The traditional slit type plug contains chromium oxide,which increases the corrosion resistance,but due to the adverse effects of hexavalent chromium on human body and environment,from the point of view of health and environmental protection,the customers require the products to be chromium-free.On the basis of ensuring good air permeability,it has the same corrosion resistance as traditional chromium-containing oxide products.