molten steel
Foundry's glowing pour
Molten steel is steel that has been heated to the point of becoming liquid, typically above 2500°F (1370°C).
In this state, the metal glows intensely and can be poured into molds or processed for shaping.
Steel mills and foundries work with molten steel to produce everything from structural beams to automotive parts.
The term appears frequently in industrial contexts and in dramatic descriptions of manufacturing: Workers watched the molten steel flow into the casting.
- steelmakingIndustrial alloy production
- open hearthShallow reverberatory steelmaking furnace
- electric arcCurrent through ionized gas
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
- iron oreExtractable metallic mineral deposit
white-hot · red hot · liquid metal · furnace · ladle · smelting · viscosity · refining · decarburization · fluidity · casting · alloying · quenching · melting point · density · rolling · carbon reduction · pour
- molten substanceslava, magma, liquid metal
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- steelmakingblast furnace, basic oxygen furnace, pig iron, cast iron, blast furnaces
- Molten Metalpour, ladle, crucible, lava, incandescence
- Foundrysand casting, die casting, crucible, ladles, sprue
- steel millfurnace, blast furnace, electric arc furnace, basic oxygen furnace, coke oven
molten steelcold steel
Edged weapons collectively
hardened steel · cast iron · pig iron · wrought iron · steel bar
molten steelice
Water's solid form
liquid nitrogen · dry ice · cold steel · glacial ice · permafrost
molten steelhardened steel
Heat-treated ferrous alloy
fixed form · tempered steel · finished product · solid block · steel beam