steel slag
1Slag — is the by product of smelting ore to purify metals. They can be considered to be a mixture of metal oxides; however, they can contain metal sulfides (see also matte) and metal atoms in the elemental form. While slags are generally used as a waste …
2Slag Pile Annie — is the name of a ghost reputed to haunt the former Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to the story, she appeared as an elderly woman working in a remote and hard to access part of the mill. The… …
3steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
4Steel — For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). The steel cable of a colliery winding tower …
5slag — slag1 slagable, adj. slagability, n. slagless, adj. slaglessness, n. /slag/, n., v., slagged, slagging. n. 1. Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore. 2.… …
6acid steel — steel produced in a furnace with an acid lining, i.e., consisting of a siliceous refractory and under a siliceous slag. With an acid slag, carbon, silicon and manganese only are removed so that the pig iron must not contain sulphur and phosphorus …
7wootz (steel) — Steel produced by a method known in ancient India. The process involved preparation of porous iron, hammering it while hot to release slag, breaking it up and sealing it with wood chips in a clay container, and heating it until the pieces of iron …
8Copper slag — is an abrasive blasting grit made of granulated slag from metal smelting processes (also called iron silicate). Copper slag abrasive is suitable for blast cleaning of steel and stone/concrete surfaces, removal of mill scale, rust, old paint, dirt …
9Crucible steel — Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) …
10basic slag — noun slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer • Hypernyms: ↑slag, ↑scoria, ↑dross * * * noun : a slag low in silica and high in base forming oxides; specifically : a slag… …
