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Rotary reverberatory furnace

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024543

Furnace consisting of a refractory-lined chamber that rotates about a horizontal axis and that uses one or more flames to heat the walls of the furnace and lead-bearing scrap to such a temperature (greater than 980 Celsius) that lead compounds are chemically reduced to elemental lead metal.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024543
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
References40 CFR 63.542 (CFR 2018)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024543",
  "term": "Rotary reverberatory furnace",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Rotary Reverberatory Furnace",
  "definition": "Furnace consisting of a refractory-lined chamber that rotates about a horizontal axis and that uses one or more flames to heat the walls of the furnace and lead-bearing scrap to such a temperature (greater than 980 Celsius) that lead compounds are chemically reduced to elemental lead metal.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.542 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rotary-reverberatory-furnace/"
}

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