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Carbide

A chemical compound of carbon and one or more metallic elements.

 

Charge [1]

A mixture of starting materials in a specific proportion, processed in metallurgical, chemical, and other units.

 

Charge [2]

A specific amount of charge materials poured into the furnace at once.

 

Charging

Loading material into the furnace.

 

Coke

A porous, gray, non-melting substance produced by dry distillation of bituminous coal, oil, or coal tar to release a large amount of heat during combustion. Used as fuel in smelting processes.

 

Contact Brush

An electrical contact assembly’s element of self-backing and ready-made (carbon, graphite) electrodes. Designed to conduct current from the short net’s water-cooled conductive copper tubes to the electrode’s steel casing or electrodes themselves.

 

Crusher

A machine for reducing metallic fragments, ore, agglomerates, or other materials to the required fractional composition.