steelmaking
Producing iron alloy
Steelmaking is the industrial process of producing steel from iron ore or scrap metal.
The process involves removing impurities and adding carbon and other elements to achieve desired properties.
Modern steelmaking uses blast furnaces or electric arc furnaces: The region's economy depended on steelmaking for generations.
Ore-to-metal converter
- electric arcCurrent through ionized gas
- continuous castingSolidifying molten metal continuously
- ladle metallurgySteel purification in pouring vessel
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
annealing · tempering · quenching · pickling · galvanizing · sintering · pelletizing · ingot
Extractable metallic mineral deposit
- pig ironUnrefined smelted metal
- scrapDiscarded bit or tussle
- cokeCarbonized coal fuel
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
refractory · hot metal · billet · slab · bloom · coil · sheet · plate
Grain-crushing facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
- plantBotanical organism
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
production · heavy industry · workforce · corporation · fabrication · automation · assembly line · sector
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
- chromiumElement twenty-four
- manganeseTransition metal, element 25
- nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
- vanadiumElement twenty-three, hardens steel
molybdenum · tungsten · cobalt · silicon · stainless · ductility · corrosion-resistant · hardened
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- hammerTool for striking nails
bellows · quenching · farrier · bladesmith · bloomery · ironwork · artisan · craftsmanship
blast furnace
Ore-to-metal converter
- electric arcCurrent through ionized gas
- continuous castingSolidifying molten metal continuously
- ladle metallurgySteel purification in pouring vessel
smelting · annealing · tempering · quenching · pickling · galvanizing · sintering · pelletizing · ingot · slag
iron ore
Extractable metallic mineral deposit
limestone · refractory · hot metal · billet · slab · bloom · coil · sheet · plate · bar
mill
Grain-crushing facility
manufacturing · production · heavy industry · workforce · corporation · fabrication · automation · assembly line · sector · enterprise
carbon
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
vanadium · molybdenum · tungsten · cobalt · silicon · stainless · ductility · corrosion-resistant · hardened · tempered
anvil
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
hammer · bellows · quenching · farrier · bladesmith · bloomery · ironwork · artisan · craftsmanship · shaping
girder
Main structural support beam
framework · truss · column · joist · flange · load-bearing · structural · skeleton · span · cantilever
- heavy industrysmelters, foundries, smelting, blast furnaces, iron ore
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- metallurgysmelting, refining, ferrite, base metal, alloys
- cokingcarbonization, coal tar, by-products, pushing, quenching
- dying industriesprint newspapers, landlines, payphones, cassette tapes, VCRs
- coal industrycoal mining, strip mining, coal cars, anthracite, coal chutes
steelmakingiron mining
Harvesting metallic ore underground
mining · coal mining · resource extraction · quarrying · decommissioning
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