Chekutanga, inoshandiswa se deoxidizer uye alloying mumiriri muindasitiri yekugadzira simbi. Kuti uwane simbi ine akakodzera kuumbwa kwemakemikari uye kuve nechokwadi chemhando yesimbi, deoxidation inofanira kuitwa pakupera kwesimbi. Kubatana kwemakemikari pakati pesilicon neokisijeni yakakura kwazvo. Naizvozvo, ferrosilicon ideoxidizer yakasimba yekugadzira simbi, iyo inoshandiswa kunaya uye kuparadzira deoxidation. Kuwedzera imwe huwandu hwesilicon kusimbi kunogona kuvandudza zvakanyanya kusimba, kuoma uye elasticity yesimbi.
Nokudaro, ferrosilicon inoshandiswawo sechigadziro chekunyungudutsa simbi yekugadzira (ine silicon 0.40-1.75%), simbi yemidziyo (ine silicon 0.30-1.8%), simbi yechitubu (ine silicon 0.40-2.8%) uye silicon simbi ye transformer ( ine nesilicon 2.81-4.8%).
Uye zvakare, muindasitiri yekugadzira simbi, ferrosilicon poda inogona kuburitsa huwandu hukuru hwekupisa pasi pekupisa kwakanyanya. Inowanzo shandiswa seanopisa agent ye ingot cap kuvandudza kunaka uye kudzoreredza ingot.