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What is a blast furnace?

What is a blast furnace? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. a forge in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
  2. as above, but specifically a forge where the fuel and the ore are intermixed.
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Tonnes of earth, generated by landscaping elsewhere on site, were also poured over the Victorian blast furnace structures and other remains.
Australian ocean freighters disgorge tons of iron ore onto conveyor belts leading to a 105-meter-high blast furnace.
The charging platform was at a height of 30 meters, and the blast furnace men filled furnaces from there, and controlled the haulage system.
The roasting process uses oxygen in a blast furnace to convert the metal sulfide into the metal or the metal oxide plus sulfur dioxide.
Marcus opened up a bin of coal and began to shovel the black substance into the top of the blast furnace.
The traditional method for extracting pure iron from its ore is to heat the ore in a blast furnace with limestone and coke.

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