Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%). It is a semi-fused mass...
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Ferrous metallurgy (redirect from Iron industry)
India,[page needed] The use of wrought iron (worked iron) was known by the 1st millennium BC, and its spread defined the Iron Age. During the medieval period...
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structures. Wrought iron, iron with a very low carbon content that has been wrought (hammered) by hand. All pages with titles beginning with Wrought Wright...
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Puddling (metallurgy) (redirect from Puddled wrought iron)
converting pig iron to bar (wrought) iron in a coal fired reverberatory furnace. It was developed in England during the 1780s. The molten pig iron was stirred...
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demolished and rebuilt, often in wrought iron. The bridge had been badly designed, being trussed with wrought iron straps, which were wrongly thought...
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refining iron from pig iron to wrought iron (or bar iron) using innovative production systems. In 1783 he patented the puddling process for refining iron ore...
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and relatively low tensile strength compared to steel and wrought iron. However, cast iron does have good compressive strength and was successfully used...
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Structural material (section Wrought iron)
support loads. Common structural materials are: Wrought iron is the simplest form of iron, and is almost pure iron (typically less than 0.15% carbon). It usually...
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Blacksmith (section Before the Iron Age)
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools...
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melt iron or steel. However, pig iron, having a higher carbon content and thus a lower melting point, could be melted, and by soaking wrought iron or steel...
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