'Blast Furnace Ironmaking' uses a fundamental first principles approach to prepare a blast furnace mass and energy balance in ExcelT. Robust descriptions of the main equipment and systems, process technologies, and best practices used in a modern blast furnace plant are detailed…
Artefacts relating to tin smelting from tin mills or 'blowing houses' in Devon and Cornwall, plus material from smelting sites that cover a range of dates from the Bronze Age through to the 19th Century, were examined: these include metallic tin, furnace linings, ore samples and…
"This unique book presents an in-depth analysis of all the emerging ironmaking processes, supplementing the conventional blast furnace method. Various processes for producing solid and liquid iron are discussed, including important features such as process outline, techno-econom…
A survey of smelting debris undertaken in BABUNGO brought to light what is to date the largest single recorded centre of iron production in sub-Saharan Africa. High output in the 19th century was facilitated by innovation in furnace structure that enhanced capacity and brought i…
The innovation of crucible steel, a high-carbon, homogeneous, slag-free steel, is regarded as a milestone in the history of the development of ferrous metallurgy. Associated in popular literature with the making of swords, particularly in the Early Islamic period, crucible steel…
The use of iron in the Near East is first attested by the sporadic occurrence of iron artefacts during the Bronze Age. By the end of the Late Bronze Age, however, use of iron metal gradually increases to such a level that one can assume a reasonably regular production of iron me…
Experimentelle Archäologie - Technologie - Rekonstruktion - Holz - Buntmetall - Waffen - Militaria - Trachtbestandteile - Ökonomiegebäude.
This 'detailed and wide-ranging description of the early production of iron' gathers a great deal of source material in one place and discusses some of the broader issues that the evidence raises. Pleiner looks at the origins of iron smelting and its spread across Europe and his…
