smelted
Heated ore down
Smelted is the past tense of smelt, meaning to extract metal from ore by heating it to high temperatures.
The process melts the ore and separates pure metal from waste material: The foundry smelted iron ore into pig iron.
They smelted copper from malachite using ancient techniques.
Cast metal block
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- zincElement thirty
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- tinElement fifty, Sn
nickel · iron · aluminum · silver · gold · bronze · brass · alloy
Ore-to-metal converter
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- slagIndustrial metalworking byproduct
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
steelworks · foundry · metallurgy · coke · ladle · sintering · refractory · roasting
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- alchemistsSeekers of elemental transformation
- alembicDistillation apparatus
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
hermetic · arcane · elixir · crucible · base metals · tincture · quintessence
Liquefied by extreme heat
- lustrousSoftly bright, reflective
- ductileAble to deform permanently
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- purifiedCleared of unwanted substances
refined · extracted · separated · reduced · liquid metal · pourable · cast · solidified
Act of removing
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- reductionMaking something smaller
- separationState of being apart
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
heating · melting · casting · alloying · concentrate
ingot
Cast metal block
tin · nickel · iron · aluminum · silver · gold · bronze · brass · alloy · billet
blast furnace
Ore-to-metal converter
ironworks · steelworks · foundry · metallurgy · coke · ladle · sintering · refractory · roasting · reduction
transmutation
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- alchemistsSeekers of elemental transformation
- alembicDistillation apparatus
magnum opus · hermetic · arcane · elixir · crucible · base metals · tincture · quintessence
molten
Liquefied by extreme heat
purified · refined · extracted · separated · reduced · liquid metal · pourable · cast · solidified · cooled
extraction
Act of removing
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- reductionMaking something smaller
- separationState of being apart
purification · heating · melting · casting · alloying · concentrate
- copper smeltingExtracting metal via heat
- iron smeltingReducing ore with heat
- smelt a ratSensed hidden wrongdoing