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Pig Iron
Steel
A key intermediate material in the integrated (converter-based) steelmaking process, pig iron is the product of smelting iron ore, coke and limestone in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a very high carbon content, which makes it very brittle and not useful directly as a material except for limited applications.
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Related Terms
Grey Iron,
Merchant Pig Iron,
Hot Briquetted Iron,
Wrought Iron,
Direct Reduced Iron,
Iron and Steel,
Iron Carbide,
Iron Ore
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