Definitions for pig iron
pig iron

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1. pig ironnoun

   crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

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1. pig ironnoun

   A type of crude iron shaped like a block, commonly used as an industrial raw material.

2. Etymology: In the 1800s, one method of iron-making involved pouring molten iron into molds in sand beds fed from a common channel. The resulting blocks of iron were called the suckling "piglets", and the channel was called the "pig". Since then, "pig iron" has become a widely used term.

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1. Pig iron

   Pig iron is an intermediate product of the iron industry, also known as crude iron, which is first obtained from a smelting furnace in the form of oblong blocks. Pig iron has a very high carbon content, typically 3.8–4.7%, along with silica and other constituents of dross, which makes it very brittle and not useful directly as a material except for limited applications. Pig iron is made by smelting iron ore into a transportable ingot of impure high carbon-content iron in a blast furnace as an ingredient for further processing steps. The traditional shape of the molds used for pig iron ingots was a branching structure formed in sand, with many individual ingots at right angles to a central channel or runner, resembling a litter of piglets being suckled by a sow. When the metal had cooled and hardened, the smaller ingots (the pigs) were simply broken from the runner (the sow), hence the name pig iron. As pig iron is intended for remelting, the uneven size of the ingots and the inclusion of small amounts of sand caused only insignificant problems considering the ease of casting and handling them.

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1. pig iron

   Pig iron is a type of raw iron that is obtained by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. It has a very high carbon content, typically around 3.5–4.5%, along with quantities of silicon, manganese, sulfur, and phosphorous. This makes it brittle and not useful in its pure form, but it can be further refined and converted into steel or other iron products. It is referred to as "pig iron" because during the smelting process, it was often cast into bars or ingots that were then arranged in a pattern resembling piglets suckling from a sow.

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1. Pig iron

   Pig iron is the intermediate product of smelting iron ore with a high-carbon fuel such as coke, usually with limestone as a flux. Charcoal and anthracite have also been used as fuel. Pig iron has a very high carbon content, typically 3.5–4.5%, along with silica and other constituents of dross, which makes it very brittle and not useful directly as a material except for limited applications. The traditional shape of the molds used for these ingots was a branching structure formed in sand, with many individual ingots at right angles to a central channel or runner. Such a configuration is similar in appearance to a litter of piglets suckling on a sow. When the metal had cooled and hardened, the smaller ingots were simply broken from the much thinner runner, hence the name pig iron. As pig iron is intended for remelting, the uneven size of the ingots and the inclusion of small amounts of sand caused only insignificant problems considering the ease of casting and handling them.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pig iron in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pig iron in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of pig iron in a Sentence

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   Let nature take back what is hers, it’s only a matter of time before it’s a brown stain and a collection of pig iron on the ocean floor.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikipedia
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