molten iron
Blazing liquid metal
Molten iron is iron heated to liquid state, glowing orange-red at temperatures above 2,800°F.
It flows from blast furnaces into molds for casting, or continues to steelmaking.
The term evokes industrial imagery—sparks, ladles, foundry workers in protective gear: Molten iron poured into the casting forms.
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
- ladleDeep spoon for serving
- steelmakingIndustrial alloy production
- steel millAlloy production plant
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
furnace · desulfurization · emissivity · fire · foundry · tapping · pour · casting mold · oxidation · viscosity · cupola · converter · liquid metal · white hot · red-hot · glow · hot metal · hearth
- molten substanceslava, magma, liquid metal
- metal miningcopper mine, open-pit mine, underground mine, ore veins, mineral veins
- Molten Metalpour, ladle, crucible, lava, incandescence
- heavy liquidsmercury, liquid gold, bromine, heavy water, sulfuric acid
- blast furnaceshearth, bosh, shaft, stack, throat
- metallurgysmelting, refining, ferrite, base metal, alloys
physical state
molten ironpig iron
Unrefined smelted metal
cold iron · cast iron · wrought iron · iron bar · cold steel
temperature
molten ironcold iron
Metal warding off fairies
ice · liquid nitrogen · cold steel · ice water · dry ice