溶よう銑せん

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Meanings

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molten iron; hot metal

Technical term used in ironmaking and steelmaking for liquid iron produced in a blast furnace, before refining into steel.

高こう炉ろから出でた溶よう銑せんは、転てん炉ろで鋼はがねに精せい錬れんされる。
The molten iron tapped from the blast furnace is refined into steel in the converter.

Kanji

溶melt, dissolve, thaw
銑pig iron
熔fuse, melt
鎔fuse, melt

Related words

溶よう鋼こう
溶鋼 refers to molten steel (after refining), while 溶銑 is molten iron (before refining).
銑せん鉄てつ
銑鉄 is pig iron in solid form; 溶銑 is the same material in its molten state.

Word family

溶よう銑せん炉ろ
cupola furnace; cupola

Written forms

溶よう銑せんUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for molten iron in steelmaking contexts.
熔よう銑せん
Variant using 熔 (a traditional character for melting); less common than 溶銑.
鎔よう銑せん
Variant using 鎔 (an older character for melting/mold); rarely encountered.

Etymology

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.