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Crucible steel   /krˈusəbəl stil/   Listen
Crucible steel

noun
1.
Steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible.





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... kind were broken into short lengths, melted in fire-clay crucibles at an intense white heat, cast carefully into iron molds, and the resulting ingot forged into bars under a crude trip hammer. This melting practice is still in use for crucible steel, and will be ...
— The Working of Steel - Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel • Fred H. Colvin


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