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blast-furnace gas

blast-furnace gas is the alternative form of blast furnace gas.

Meaning of blast furnace gas

Noun

blast furnace gas (uncountable)

  1. A gaseous, low calorific value by-product of blast furnaces generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic iron; commonly used as fuel within the steel works in which the gas is generated. The gas consists chiefly of nonflammable nitrogen and carbon dioxide with about 20% of carbon monoxide (the flammable component).

Questions about blast-furnace gas

What is blast-furnace gas the alternative form of?
Blast-furnace gas is the alternative form of blast furnace gas.

Words near blast-furnace gas in the dictionary

  1. blast pipes
  2. blast processing
  3. blast radius
  4. blast up
  5. blast-
  6. blast-furnace gas
  7. blast-off
  8. blast-offs
  9. blastable
  10. blastacidin
  11. Blastaway

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