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The name used for the iron directly produced from a blast furnace. Originally cast into 'pigs' around the base of the furnace, lasted casting machines were developed to produce pigs but iron is now ...

Domain: Metals; Category: Iron

Metallic Element - Symbol = Fe; Atomic Number = 26; Atomic Weight = 55.847; Specific Gravity (Solid) = 7.85; Melting Point = 1533°C; Boiling Point = 2840°C

Domain: Metals; Category: Iron

Form in which iron occurs naturally. Ores are primarily iron and oxygen but may include phosphorous and other elemens. Before the development of the basic Bessemer process, only high quality ores ...

Domain: Metals; Category: Iron

The first process by which separate pieces of iron were joined together into a single piece. The process is still used by blacksmiths to join wrought iron and mild steel. Unlike gas or electric ...

Domain: Metals; Category: Iron

Name given to the heavier types of water powered forging hammer. The helve is the main beam of the hammer pivoted at the tail end, with the hammer head or tup at the nose. Helve hammers can be 'belly ...

Domain: Metals; Category: Iron

First type of steel that was commercially produced. Process took place in a cementation furnace and produced a bar that had a high carbon content on the surface and a low carbon content in the ...

Domain: Metals; Category: Iron

Two stage process that was developed from the Bloomery process

Domain: Metals; Category: Iron

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