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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Bloomery"”.
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The Technology of Ancient and Medieval Directly Reduced Phosphoric Iron.
… both in liquid-state (cast iron) and solid-state bloomery smelting (direct reduction) processes, such rock ores would be predicted to produce phosphoric iron, and bog iron ores even more so. Ore-metal-slag phosphorus ratios for bloomery iron are derived here, by means of: laboratory experiments; …
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Iron age metal working at the Tsodilo Hills, Northwestern Botswana
… fayalitic slag, characteristic of indigenous bloomery iron production. The forging was done in an oxidising hearth and the technique used was poor, with no deliberate control over carbon content, the mechanical properties of the steel, or heat treatment other than annealing. Fabrication …
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Ironworking in late medieval Ireland, c. AD. 1200 to 1600
The landscape of late medieval Ireland, like most places in Europe, was characterized by intensified agricultural exploitation, the growth and founding of towns and cities and the construction of large stone edifices, such as castles and monasteries. None of these could have taken place without …