C vocabulary Word Scramble
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Word | Definition |
Ore | a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined |
Oil refining | |
Biofuel | A wide range of fuels which are in some way derived from biomass. |
Scrap iron | Iron to be melted again and reworked |
Mineral | A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance that is formed through geological processes and that has a characteristic chemical composition, a highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. |
Steel | Alloy of mostly iron and carbon |
Smelt | extract metals by heating |
Blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air |
coke | carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal |
slag | the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals. Used for road making and manufacture of cement. |
pig iron | Impure (contains 4-5% carbon, 1-2% silicon, and e.g. manganese, phosphorus, and sulfur) |
tuyere | pipe through which air is blown into a furnace |
alloy | Homogenous mixture of metals or mixture of a non-metal and metal (metal in higher proportion) |
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