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Wrought iron is produced by hot working (shingling) an iron bloom from bloomery smelting — the su…

Wrought iron is produced by hot-working (shingling) an iron bloom from bloomery smelting — the su…

May 23, 20261 min read

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Statement: Wrought iron is produced by hot-working (shingling) an iron bloom from bloomery smelting — the successive hammer blows expel occluded slag and consolidate the spongy iron mass into a dense bar.

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  • Cites → sauder-2002-a-practical-treatise-on-the-smelting-and

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