arc furnace

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• The scheme releases hydrogen and water, instead of carbon dioxide, and the resulting “sponge iron” melts in an electric arc furnace with a small amount of carbon to create steel.

  The feats of engineering that dazzled us in 2021 | Andrew Rosenblum | December 2, 2021 | Popular-Science

• The majority of steel plants are now also electric arc furnaces, which are less energy intensive.

  Wildfires Are Getting Worse, So Why Is the U.S. Still Building Homes With Wood? | Alana Semuels | June 2, 2021 | Time

• Elihu Thomson's process of welding by means of the arc furnace found wide and varied applications.

  The Age of Invention | Holland Thompson