crucible melting furnace

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• Crucible — Cru ci*ble (kr[udd] s[i^]*b l), n. [LL. crucibulum a hanging lamp, an earthen pot for melting metals (cf. OF. croisel, creuseul, sort of lamp, crucible, F. creuset crucible), prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. kr[=u]sul, LG. kr[ u]sel, hanging lamp …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• crucible — [kro͞o′sə bəl] n. [ML crucibulum, lamp, crucible, prob. < Gmc, as in OE cruce, pot, jug, MHG kruse, earthen pot (see CRUSE) + L suffix ibulum (as in thuribulum, censer), but assoc. by folk etym. with L crux, CROSS, as if lamp burning before… …   English World dictionary

• crucible steel — n. a high grade steel made by melting special steel mixes in a crucible furnace or by fusing flux, wrought iron, and carbon: used for making knives, tools, etc …   English World dictionary

• Melting pot — For other uses, see Melting pot (disambiguation). The image of the United States as melting pot was popularized by the 1908 play The Melting Pot. The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more …   Wikipedia

• Crucible steel — Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) …   Wikipedia

• crucible process — Technique for producing cast or tool steel. It was invented in Britain с 1740 by Benjamin Huntsman, who heated small pieces of carbon steel in a closed fireclay crucible placed in a coke fire. This was the first process used in Europe in which… …   Universalium

• crucible steel — noun steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible • Hypernyms: ↑steel * * * noun : hard cast steel (as for dies and cutting tools) made in pots that are lifted from the furnace before the metal is …   Useful english dictionary

• crucible — /krooh seuh beuhl/, n. 1. a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures. 2. Metall. a hollow area at the bottom of a furnace in which the metal collects. 3. a severe, searching test or trial.… …   Universalium

• crucible — /ˈkrusəbəl / (say kroohsuhbuhl) noun 1. a vessel of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures. 2. (in a metallurgical furnace) the hollow part at the bottom, in which molten metal collects. 3. a severe,… …  

• Electric arc furnace — An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats charged material by means of an electric arc. Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity (used in foundries for producing cast iron products) up to about 400 …   Wikipedia

• Hessian crucible — Crucible Cru ci*ble (kr[udd] s[i^]*b l), n. [LL. crucibulum a hanging lamp, an earthen pot for melting metals (cf. OF. croisel, creuseul, sort of lamp, crucible, F. creuset crucible), prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. kr[=u]sul, LG. kr[ u]sel,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English