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Philadelphia Inquirer on Gentlemen Volunteers

5 Feb 2024

Crude iron that is the direct product of the blast furnace and is refined to produce steel, wrought iron, or ingot iron.

The product of smelting iron ore (also ilmenite) with a high-carbon fuel and reductant such as coke, usually with limestone as a flux.

Iron in the chemical state in which it exists when tapped from the blast furnace, without alloying or refinement.

Iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.

Crude iron as first obtained from a smelting furnace, in the form of oblong blocks.

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