Lancet

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003240",
  "term": "Lancet",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A steel pipe or tube used to inject a stream of high-velocity oxygen into a furnace or to open a taphole, also known as an oxygen lance. In steelmaking, it is used in a basic oxygen furnace to refine molten iron by oxidizing impurities like carbon, or in an electric arc furnace to cut scrap and decarburize the bath. A thermic lance, a type of lancet packed with steel wires, burns at extreme temperatures to cut through thick metal or refractory.",
  "subject": "Metallurgy",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Lanzette",
    "es": "lanceta",
    "fr": "lancette"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/lancet/"
}