ARC FURNACE

  

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ARC FURNACE

Specialty Definition: ARC FURNACE

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Mining

A furnace in which material is heated either directly by an electric arc between an electrode and the work, or indirectly by an arc between twoelectrodes adjacent to the material. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ARC FURNACE

Specialty definitions using "ARC FURNACE": acid electric furnacesiemensite. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: ARC FURNACE

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Business

There are three integrated plants, (of which two are state-owned), 17 electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills (of which two are state owned). (references)

In 1997, NatSteel Limited commissioned a shaft-type electric arc furnace that resulted in a savings of about 150 kilowatts/hour per metric ton of steel produced. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: ARC FURNACE

Expressions using "ARC FURNACE": arc furnace roof refractories arc furnace tilt rockers. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ARC FURNACE": electric-arc furnace.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ARC FURNACE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

electric arc furnace

29

arc furnace

22

arc furnace plasma

11

arc furnace plasma remelting

7

arc furnace plasma platinum refining

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ARC FURNACE

Language Translations for "ARC FURNACE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

lysbueovnloft (arc furnace roof refractories, crown roof), lysbueovnen er en herdovn,bestaaende af et ovnrum med et hvaelvet loft (the arc furnace is a hearth furnace with a working chamber covered by a domed roof), chromstaalet til kuglelejer og til praegevaerktoejer blev smeltet i basisk elektroovn (this chromium steel for ball bearings and stamping tools was made in a basic electric arc furnace). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

plafondbekleding van een boogoven (arc furnace roof refractories, crown roof), een lichtboogoven of vlamboogoven is een haardoven,bestaande uit een haard met daarboven een gewelf (the arc furnace is a hearth furnace with a working chamber covered by a domed roof), dit chroomstaal dat voor kogellagers en stampgereedschap wordt gebruikt,werd in een basische elektro-oven vervaardigd (this chromium steel for ball bearings and stamping tools was made in a basic electric arc furnace). (various references)

   

French

  

réfractaires de voûte d'un four arc (arc furnace roof refractories), le four arc est un four sole comportant un laboratoire surmonté d'une voûte (the arc furnace is a hearth furnace with a working chamber covered by a domed roof), l'acier au chrome utilisé la fabrication de coussinets de roulements billes et d'outils matricer (this chromium steel for ball bearings and stamping tools was made in a basic electric arc furnace), four arc étouffé (smothered arc furnace). (various references)

   

German

  

Feuerfestmaterial des Lichtbogenofendeckels (arc furnace roof refractories, crown roof), der Lichtbogenofen ist ein Herdofen mit einem gewoelbten Deckel (the arc furnace is a hearth furnace with a working chamber covered by a domed roof), der Chrom-Stahl fuer Kugellager und Praegewerkzeuge wurde im basichen Elektro-Ofen erschmolzen (this chromium steel for ball bearings and stamping tools was made in a basic electric arc furnace). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εστία τόξου. (various references)

   

Italian

  

refrattario della volta di un forno ad arco (arc furnace roof refractories, crown roof), questo acciaio al cromo per cuscinetti a sfere e per punzoni venne prodotto al forno elettrico basico (this chromium steel for ball bearings and stamping tools was made in a basic electric arc furnace), il forno ad arco è un forno a suola composto da un tino sormontato da una volta (the arc furnace is a hearth furnace with a working chamber covered by a domed roof). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アーク炉 (arcade). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アークろ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arcay urnacefay

   

Portuguese

  

refractários da abóbada de um forno de arco (arc furnace roof refractories, crown roof), o forno a arco eléctrico é um forno que comporta na base um arco em forma de abóbada (the arc furnace is a hearth furnace with a working chamber covered by a domed roof). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

refractarios del abovedado de un horno de arco (arc furnace roof refractories, crown roof), el horno de arco es un horno de solera con cubierta abovedada (the arc furnace is a hearth furnace with a working chamber covered by a domed roof), el acero al cromo utilizado en la fabricación de cojinetes de rodamientos de bolas y de útiles de estampación se produce en un horno de arco eléctrico básico (this chromium steel for ball bearings and stamping tools was made in a basic electric arc furnace). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ugnsvalv (arc furnace roof refractories, crown roof). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ARC FURNACE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-f-n-r-r-u"

-2 letters: furcraea.

-3 letters: carfare, farceur, furnace.

-4 letters: accrue, arcane, cancer, carafe, curara, curare, curran, farcer, faunae, fraena, furane.

-5 letters: anear, areca, arena, aurae, aurar, caeca, caner, carer, crane, crura, curer, facer, faena, farce, farer, fauna, feuar, franc, frena, furan, nacre, racer, rance, recur, reran, rerun, ruana, urare.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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