What blast furnace is made of
A shaft furnace for smelting pig iron.
- Bellows — has part. Air was blown in by bellows, later by blowers.
- Coke — uses. The fuel and reducing agent is coke (formerly charcoal).
- Charcoal — uses. Before coke, blast furnaces ran on charcoal.
- Stone — is made of. The shaft of a blast furnace is stone.
Blast furnace
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