| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hoganas process | Mining | A method for the production of sponge iron that consists of charging fireclay pots with flat briquettes of a concentrate of iron ore interspersed with layers of carbon, prepared by mixing coal with coke breeze; the pots are charged in batches in a long pit furnace where they are heated to about 1,200 degrees C. (references) | |
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