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銑: pig iron

pig iron
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Readings

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銑鉄 (pig iron) has two readings: せんてつ is standard, ずくてつ is also found; 銑 alone is ずく.

Key words

銑鉄せんてつpig iron
製銑せいせんpig iron making
溶銑ようせんmolten pig iron
銑ずくpig iron

Example sentences

In a blast furnace, pig iron is made from iron ore.

The molten pig iron flowing out of the furnace glowed bright red.

At this steelworks, everything from ironmaking to steelmaking is done on a single site.

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