Principles of the Manufacture of Iron and Steel: With Some Notes on the Economic Conditions of Their ProductionG. Routledge, 1884 - 744 pages |
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... HYDROGEN AND CERTAIN HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS IN THE BLAST FURNACE ... ... ... ... Hydrogen produced by water , 305. Quantity of hydrogen in the gases of a coke furnace , 306. Quantity of hydrogen in gases at different depths of the furnace ...
... HYDROGEN AND CERTAIN HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS IN THE BLAST FURNACE ... ... ... ... Hydrogen produced by water , 305. Quantity of hydrogen in the gases of a coke furnace , 306. Quantity of hydrogen in gases at different depths of the furnace ...
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... hydrogen gas affords 34,000 units . Again , the combustion of the same body is accompanied by the evolution of very different quantities of heat , according to the amount of oxygen with which it may be made to combine in different cases ...
... hydrogen gas affords 34,000 units . Again , the combustion of the same body is accompanied by the evolution of very different quantities of heat , according to the amount of oxygen with which it may be made to combine in different cases ...
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... hydrogen of the hydro - carbons giving rise to the formation of water , and the carbon to that of carbonic acid . If , instead of this mode of procedure , the distillation is conducted in closed vessels , and the volatile matter is ...
... hydrogen of the hydro - carbons giving rise to the formation of water , and the carbon to that of carbonic acid . If , instead of this mode of procedure , the distillation is conducted in closed vessels , and the volatile matter is ...
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... 22.08 units of carbon found in the gases were associated with 77-84 1 Hydrogen and marsh gas are omitted , as not seriously affecting the result . units of nitrogen . When however the gases at the 68 SECTION V. - THE BLAST FURNACE .
... 22.08 units of carbon found in the gases were associated with 77-84 1 Hydrogen and marsh gas are omitted , as not seriously affecting the result . units of nitrogen . When however the gases at the 68 SECTION V. - THE BLAST FURNACE .
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... hydrogen x 3,200 34,000 = 4,224 = 1,700 3.500 Fusion of pig iron 20:00 X 330 = 6,600 Fusion of slag ... 27.92 X 550 15,356 ... Total units usefully applied 70,311 Transmission through walls of furnace 3,600 Carried off in tuyere water ...
... hydrogen x 3,200 34,000 = 4,224 = 1,700 3.500 Fusion of pig iron 20:00 X 330 = 6,600 Fusion of slag ... 27.92 X 550 15,356 ... Total units usefully applied 70,311 Transmission through walls of furnace 3,600 Carried off in tuyere water ...
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20 units actual amount anthracite average Belgium Bessemer blast furnace Britain burnt calcined calories carbon as carbonic carbonic acid cent charcoal charge cinder Clarence Cleveland CO₂ coke collieries combustion compared composition considerable consumed consumption contained converter cost cubic feet cwts district Durham earnings employed England escaping gases estimated experience favour figures fixed carbon forge fuel Germany given hearth heat evolved hematite hot blast hydrogen increase Iron and Steel iron trade ironstone labour less lime limestone loss malleable iron manganese manufacture materials matter metallic iron metalloids Middlesbrough mineral mines nitrogen obtained oxide of iron oxygen paid phosphorus pig iron present produced puddling furnace quantity of carbon railway rates raw coal reduced referred silica silicon slag smelting steel rails Sulphur temperature tons Total tuyeres unit of carbon unit of coke United Kingdom units of iron wages weight
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