molten iron; hot metal
Technical term used in ironmaking and steelmaking for liquid iron produced in a blast furnace, before refining into steel.
The molten iron tapped from the blast furnace is refined into steel in the converter.
溶鋼 refers to molten steel (after refining), while 溶銑 is molten iron (before refining).
銑鉄 is pig iron in solid form; 溶銑 is the same material in its molten state.
cupola furnace; cupola
Standard kanji spelling for molten iron in steelmaking contexts.
Variant using 熔 (a traditional character for melting); less common than 溶銑.
Variant using 鎔 (an older character for melting/mold); rarely encountered.
Compound of 溶 (melt) and 銑 (pig iron). The spelling 熔銑 uses the character 熔 (melt), and 鎔銑 uses 鎔 (melt/mold), both older variants for melting.