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Puddling

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004566

A historical process for converting pig iron into wrought iron by decarburization in a reverberatory furnace. Molten pig iron was stirred by a 'puddler' to expose it to air, oxidizing carbon and other impurities. This process produced a pasty mass of wrought iron, which was then hammered to remove slag.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004566
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMetallurgy
TranslationsGerman: Puddeln; Spanish: pudelado; French: puddlage
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A historical process for converting pig iron into wrought iron by decarburization in a reverberatory furnace. Molten pig iron was stirred by a 'puddler' to expose it to air, oxidizing carbon and other impurities. This process produced a pasty mass of wrought iron, which was then hammered to remove slag.",
  "subject": "Metallurgy",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Puddeln",
    "es": "pudelado",
    "fr": "puddlage"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/puddling/"
}

Record 4,991 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.