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... iron " cold - short ; " or that quality which gives to it an undue brittleness when cold . The material of which the slag produced in the furnace is formed , and which is called " gangue 14 METALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION .
... iron " cold - short ; " or that quality which gives to it an undue brittleness when cold . The material of which the slag produced in the furnace is formed , and which is called " gangue 14 METALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION .
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... slag thus formed the iron floats , and is thus to a large extent decarbonised : The action of the slag is at a certain stage aided by the blast playing upon the surface of the metal floating upon it , by which a portion of the carbon ...
... slag thus formed the iron floats , and is thus to a large extent decarbonised : The action of the slag is at a certain stage aided by the blast playing upon the surface of the metal floating upon it , by which a portion of the carbon ...
Page 69
... slag , is almost level , but , nevertheless , at the lowest point of which is the floss - hole , for the removal of slags which during the process of decarbonisation have accumulated in the furnace . The hearth generally is 6 ft . in ...
... slag , is almost level , but , nevertheless , at the lowest point of which is the floss - hole , for the removal of slags which during the process of decarbonisation have accumulated in the furnace . The hearth generally is 6 ft . in ...
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... , covered with a fusible slag , and in this case a space is left for the circulation of cold air between it and the brickwork ; the temperature to which it is constantly exposed is by this means kept lower than the THE PUDDLING FURNACE .
... , covered with a fusible slag , and in this case a space is left for the circulation of cold air between it and the brickwork ; the temperature to which it is constantly exposed is by this means kept lower than the THE PUDDLING FURNACE .
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... slag and iron scales is added afterwards to the broken metal . The doors are then closed , fresh fuel put on the grate , and the damper at the top of the chimney closed . In about half - an - hour's time the sharp edges of the fine ...
... slag and iron scales is added afterwards to the broken metal . The doors are then closed , fresh fuel put on the grate , and the damper at the top of the chimney closed . In about half - an - hour's time the sharp edges of the fine ...
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1817 LIBRARIES Alumina ANALYSIS annealing Bessemer metal Bessemer process blast furnace blistered steel boiling brass brittle bronze calcined called Carbonic Acid case-hardened cast cast-iron cast-steel cent charcoal chemical chilling clay cloth coal coating coke cold cold-blast colour combined CONSTRUCTION containing converting vessel copper crucible decarbonisation edition Engineer fire fuel graphite grey hammered hard hearth heat hematite high temperature hot-blast iron Illustrated impurities layer lime Magnesia manganese manufacture mass material mechanical melted Messrs MICHIGAN MICHIGAN mixed mixture NOSTRAND'S PUBLICATIONS obtained oolitic operation oxide oxidised oxygen paragraph patent Peroxide of Iron Phosphoric Acid phosphorus pieces pig-iron pipe powdered practice proportion Protoxide prussiate of potash puddler puddling furnace quality of iron quantity re-melting red hematite red-shortness refining render reverbatory furnace rust sal-ammoniac sand scrap-iron Silica slag smelting Spiegeleisen steam steel strength subjected sulphur surface tion TREATISE UNIV welding wood-cuts wrought-iron zinc