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Of or pertaining to any element, compound or alloy that conducts both heat and electricity.
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blast furnace
Metals; Iron
Furnace built like a tower for reducing ore into metal. Can be used as part of non ferrus metal reduction, but is normally associated with iron production. Ore (iron ore for iron ...
Bessemer process
Metals; Iron
Process by which high quality steel is produced from molten pig iron. Now superseded by other methods, the process was patented by Henry Bessemer is 1856. The molten iron is ...
Siemens open hearth furnace
Metals; Iron
Following the sucessful introduction of the Bessemer process for producing steel, the Siemens process was devised. It can be regarded as an updated and enlarged version of the ...
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