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A Practical Treatise on the Smelting and Smithing of Bloomery Iron

A Practical Treatise on the Smelting and Smithing of Bloomery Iron

May 23, 20261 min read

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Bibliographic record

  • Authors: Sauder, L.; Williams, S.
  • Year: 2002
  • Identifier: Historical Metallurgy 36(2), pp. 122–131

Cited by (9 claims)

  • Raw bloom contains approximately 30–50% occluded slag by mass. (draft)
  • Iron bloom forms at approximately 1100–1300 °C in the bloomery shaft — below iron’s melting point (1538 °C)…
  • Raw bloom contains approximately 30–50% occluded slag by mass; this is an indicative range, highly variable… (draft)
  • Bloom must be extracted and shingled immediately while hot (approximately 800–1100 °C); as the bloom cools,…
  • Charcoal-to-ore mass ratio is approximately 1:1 as a working guideline, with documented variation from ~0.7… (draft)
  • Metallic iron yield is approximately 20–40% of ore mass charged; slag byproduct is approximately 60–80% of … (draft)
  • Wrought iron is produced by hot-working (shingling) an iron bloom from bloomery smelting — the successive h…
  • In bloomery iron smelting, bellows operators work continuously for the 2–8 hour active smelting period, mod…
  • Active smelting duration is typically 2–8 hours from first ore charge to bloom extraction.

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  • Raw bloom contains approximately 30–50% occluded slag by mass.
  • Iron bloom forms at approximately 1100–1300 °C in the bloomery shaft — below iron's melting point…
  • Raw bloom contains approximately 30–50% occluded slag by mass; this is an indicative range, highl…
  • Bloom must be extracted and shingled immediately while hot (approximately 800–1100 °C); as the bl…
  • Charcoal-to-ore mass ratio is approximately 1:1 as a working guideline, with documented variation…
  • Metallic iron yield is approximately 20–40% of ore mass charged; slag byproduct is approximately …
  • Wrought iron is produced by hot-working (shingling) an iron bloom from bloomery smelting — the su…
  • In bloomery iron smelting, bellows operators work continuously for the 2–8 hour active smelting p…
  • Active smelting duration is typically 2–8 hours from first ore charge to bloom extraction.
  • Blacksmith's Bellows
  • Iron Bloom
  • Wrought Iron
  • Bloomery Iron Smelting
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