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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 ...
Metallic Element - Symbol = Fe; Atomic Number = 26; Atomic Weight = 55.847; Specific Gravity (Solid) = 7.85; Melting Point = 1533°C; Boiling Point = 2840°C
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 ...
Type of coal fired furnace in which the flame and gases passes across the top of the enclosed hearth, heat being reflected down onto the hearth proper. The principle advantage of this type of furnace ...
Last and most widespread of the ways to produce wrought Iron from pig Iron. First devised by Henry Cort in 1784, but later revised by Joseph Hall in 1816. Solid iron, be it fresh pig iron or scrap ...
machine tool for forming forgings but relies on a slow powered push rather than the series of heavy blows from a Drop Hammer. Hydraulic presses can easily have a capacity to produce several thousand ...
Before the development of crucible steel, blister steel was forged by repeated folding and forge welding to mix the areas of high and low carbon steel. Shear steel was the lowest quality generally ...
