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6. Glossary
whirlpool cavity; raceway
Combustion zone for coke and auxiliary fuels at the nozzle nose.
crucible; hearth
Cylindrical part in which liquids settle.
tank; stack, shaft
Upper truncated cone of the blast furnace.
cenosphere; cenosphere
Coal particle devolatilized during flash devolatilization; the particle has a very high specific surface area and reactivity.
DEM; DEM
Discrete element method
mileage; spleen
Quantity of material (coke, coal, slag, etc.) used to produce one tonne of cast iron.
operating diagram (or Rist diagram); operating line
Representation of oxygen exchange...
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Fact Sage Integrated Data Base: thermodynamic database of mineral species; online calculation tools for reaction quantities, complex multiphase equilibria and phase diagrams
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