blast furnace

Slovak translation: vysoká pec

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19:07 Jun 2, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting
Additional field(s): Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: blast furnace
Definition from Steelstrip Metallurgical Terms:
A tall cylindrical refractory lined furnace for the production of pig iron or hot metal for direct conversion into steel.

Example sentence(s):
  • The coke descends to the bottom of the furnace to the level where the preheated air or hot blast enters the blast furnace. HOW A BLAST FURNACE WORKS
  • Impurities in the iron from the Blast Furnace include carbon, sulphur, phosphorus and silicon. These have to be removed. IRON AND STEEL
  • The production of iron in a Blast Furnace is a continuous process. The furnace is heated constantly and is re-charged with raw materials from the top while it is being tapped from the bottom. Corus - The chemistry of steelmaking
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vysoká pec
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Vysoká pec je pec na výrobu surového železa. Je to prvé zariadenie, v ktorom sa začína spracovanie železnej rudy na železo. Okrem železa sa vysoká pec používa aj na výrobu iných technických materiálov, napríklad kremíka.
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vysoká pec


Definition from own experience or research:
Vysoká pec je pec na výrobu surového železa. Je to prvé zariadenie, v ktorom sa začína spracovanie železnej rudy na železo. Okrem železa sa vysoká pec používa aj na výrobu iných technických materiálov, napríklad kremíka.

Example sentence(s):
  • Vysoká pec je pec na výrobu surového železa. Je to prvé zariadenie, v ktorom sa začína spracovanie železnej rudy na železo. Okrem železa sa vysoká pec používa aj na výrobu iných technických materiálov, napríklad kremíka. - Vysoká pec  
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Vysoká pec


Definition from own experience or research:
Blast furnace chemically reduces and physically converts iron oxides into liquid iron - "hot metal".

Example sentence(s):
  • Vysoká pec je metalurgické zařízení, sloužící k výrobě surového železa redukcí z železných rud - Wikipedia  

Explanation:
blast furnace brick - vysokopecná portlandská tehla
blast furnace cement - truskový cement
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United Kingdom
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Vysoká pec


Definition from Wikipedia:
Je to prvé zariadenie, v ktorom sa začína spracovanie železnej rudy na železo. Okrem železa sa vysoká pec používa aj na výrobu iných technických materiálov.

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Slovakia
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Native speaker of: Slovak
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