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101 relations: Agriculture, Air conditioning, Boiler, Boiler blowdown, Boiler feedwater, Boiler feedwater pump, Boiling, Brickwork, Carryover with steam, Cast iron, Cement, Check valve, Chimney, Circulating pump, Coal, Combustion, Condensation, Condenser (heat transfer), Convection, Corrosion, Critical point (thermodynamics), Denis Papin, Doble steam car, Economizer, Electric power, Fire, Firebox (steam engine), Fireless locomotive, Flue, Flue gas, Flued boiler, Foam, Forced circulation boiler, Fouling, Fuel oil, Furnace, Gas turbine, George Stephenson, Glossary of boiler terms, Goldsworthy Gurney, Grate firing, Greenhouse gas, Gusset plate, Heat, Heat exchanger, Heat recovery steam generator, Heat transfer, Henry Booth, Hydronics, Ion exchange, ..., John Smeaton, Kettle, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Livio Dante Porta, Locomotive, Lubrication, Marc Seguin, Natural gas, Newcomen atmospheric engine, Nuclear fission, Nuclear power plant, Oil, Oliver Evans, Passenger car (rail), Piston, Portable engine, Pressure measurement, Pressurized water reactor, Prime mover (locomotive), Rainhill Trials, Rankine cycle, Reverse osmosis, Richard Trevithick, Safety valve, Scotch marine boiler, Sediment, Sight glass, Soil steam sterilization, Spring (device), Stationary steam engine, Steam, Steam engine, Steam generator (nuclear power), Steam generator (railroad), Steam locomotive, Steam locomotive components, Steam trap, Stephenson's Rocket, Supercritical fluid, Superheated steam, Superheater, Thermal radiation, Timothy Hackworth, Traction engine, Turbine, Turbo generator, Vacuum, Volumetric flow rate, Water, Wood, Wrought iron. Expand index (51 more) »
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.
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Air conditioning
Air conditioning (often referred to as AC, A/C, or air con) is the process of removing heat and moisture from the interior of an occupied space, to improve the comfort of occupants.
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Boiler
A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.
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Boiler blowdown
Boiler blowdown is water intentionally wasted from a boiler to avoid concentration of impurities during continuing evaporation of steam.
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Boiler feedwater
Boiler feedwater is an essential part of boiler operations.
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Boiler feedwater pump
A boiler feedwater pump is a specific type of pump used to pump feedwater into a steam boiler.
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Boiling
Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere.
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Brickwork
Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar.
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Carryover with steam
Carryover with steam, in steam technology, refers to transport of moisture and impurities with steam.
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Cast iron
Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%.
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Cement
A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens and adheres to other materials, binding them together.
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Check valve
A check valve, clack valve, non-return valve, reflux valve, retention valve or one-way valve is a valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to flow through it in only one direction.
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Chimney
A chimney is a structure that provides ventilation for hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere.
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Circulating pump
A circulating pump – a device that causes the flow of liquid (e.g. water or aqueous solutions, mostly glycol) in circuits (primary or secondary) of heating or cooling installations.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
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Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.
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Condensation
Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase, and is the reverse of vapourisation.
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Condenser (heat transfer)
In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a device or unit used to condense a substance from its gaseous to its liquid state, by cooling it.
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Convection
Convection is the heat transfer due to bulk movement of molecules within fluids such as gases and liquids, including molten rock (rheid).
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Corrosion
Corrosion is a natural process, which converts a refined metal to a more chemically-stable form, such as its oxide, hydroxide, or sulfide.
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Critical point (thermodynamics)
In thermodynamics, a critical point (or critical state) is the end point of a phase equilibrium curve.
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Denis Papin
Denis Papin FRS (22 August 1647 – 26 August 1713) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker and of the steam engine.
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Doble steam car
The Doble steam car was an American steam car maker from 1909–1931.
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Economizer
Economizers (US and Oxford spelling), or economisers (UK), are mechanical devices intended to reduce energy consumption, or to perform useful function such as preheating a fluid.
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Electric power
Electric power is the rate, per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit.
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Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
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Firebox (steam engine)
In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.
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Fireless locomotive
A fireless locomotive is a type of locomotive which uses reciprocating engines powered from a reservoir of compressed air or steam, which is filled at intervals from an external source.
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Flue
A flue is a duct, pipe, or opening in a chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, furnace, water heater, boiler, or generator to the outdoors.
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Flue gas
Flue gas is the gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator.
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Flued boiler
A shell or flued boiler is an early and relatively simple form of boiler used to make steam, usually for the purpose of driving a steam engine.
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Foam
Foam is a substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
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Forced circulation boiler
A forced circulation boiler is a boiler where a pump is used to circulate water inside the boiler.
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Fouling
Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces to the detriment of function.
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Fuel oil
Fuel oil (also known as heavy oil, marine fuel or furnace oil) is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue.
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Furnace
A furnace is a device used for high-temperature heating.
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Gas turbine
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous combustion, internal combustion engine.
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George Stephenson
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer.
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Glossary of boiler terms
Boilers for generating steam or hot water have been designed in countless shapes, sizes and configurations.
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Goldsworthy Gurney
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875) was a surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder and prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor, of the Victorian era.
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Grate firing
Grate firing was the first combustion system used for solid fuels.
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Greenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range.
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Gusset plate
Gusset plates are triangular plates of steel that are used to connect beams and girders to columns.
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Heat
In thermodynamics, heat is energy transferred from one system to another as a result of thermal interactions.
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Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger is a device used to transfer heat between two or more fluids.
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Heat recovery steam generator
A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) is an energy recovery heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream.
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Heat transfer
Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems.
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Henry Booth
Henry Booth (4 April 1788 – 28 March 1869) was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool, England.
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Hydronics
Hydronics is the use of a liquid heat-transfer medium in heating and cooling systems.
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Ion exchange
Ion exchange is an exchange of ions between two electrolytes or between an electrolyte solution and a complex.
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John Smeaton
John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses.
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Kettle
A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a type of pot, typically metal, specialized for boiling water, with a lid, spout, and handle, or a small kitchen appliance of similar shape that functions in a self-contained manner.
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was a railway opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England.
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Livio Dante Porta
Livio Dante Porta (21 March 1922 – 10 June 2003) was an Argentine steam locomotive engineer.
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Locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.
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Lubrication
Lubrication is the process or technique of using a lubricant to reduce friction and/or wear in a contact between two surfaces.
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Marc Seguin
Marc Seguin (20 April 1786 – 24 February 1875) was a French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge and the multi-tubular steam-engine boiler.
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Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.
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Newcomen atmospheric engine
The atmospheric engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, and is often referred to simply as a Newcomen engine.
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Nuclear fission
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei).
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Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant or nuclear power station is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.
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Oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (does not mix with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (mixes with other oils, literally "fat loving").
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Oliver Evans
Oliver Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia.
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Passenger car (rail)
A passenger car (known as a coach or carriage in the UK, and also known as a bogie in India) is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers.
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Piston
A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.
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Portable engine
A portable engine is an engine, either a steam engine or an internal combustion engine, that sits in one place while operating (providing power to machinery), but (unlike a stationary engine) is portable and thus can be easily moved from one work site to another.
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Pressure measurement
Pressure measurement is the analysis of an applied force by a fluid (liquid or gas) on a surface.
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Pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors (PWRs) constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (notable exceptions being the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada) and are one of three types of light water reactor (LWR), the other types being boiling water reactors (BWRs) and supercritical water reactors (SCWRs).
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Prime mover (locomotive)
In engineering, a prime mover is an engine that converts fuel to useful work.
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Rainhill Trials
The Rainhill Trials were an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, run in October 1829 for the nearly completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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Rankine cycle
The Rankine cycle is a model used to predict the performance of steam turbine systems.
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Reverse osmosis
Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification technology that uses a semipermeable membrane to remove ions, molecules and larger particles from drinking water.
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Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England.
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Safety valve
A safety valve is a valve that acts as a fail-safe.
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Scotch marine boiler
A "Scotch" marine boiler (or simply Scotch boiler) is a design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships.
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Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
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Sight glass
A sight glass or water gauge is a type of level sensor, a transparent tube through which the operator of a tank or boiler can observe the level of liquid contained within.
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Soil steam sterilization
Soil steam sterilization (soil steaming) is a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses.
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Spring (device)
A spring is an elastic object that stores mechanical energy.
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Stationary steam engine
Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation.
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Steam
Steam is water in the gas phase, which is formed when water boils.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Steam generator (nuclear power)
Steam generators are heat exchangers used to convert water into steam from heat produced in a nuclear reactor core.
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Steam generator (railroad)
A steam generator is a type of boiler used to produce steam for climate control and potable water heating in railroad passenger cars.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Steam locomotive components
This is a glossary of the components found on typical steam locomotives.
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Steam trap
A steam trap is a device used to discharge condensates and non-condensable gases with a negligible consumption or loss of live steam.
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Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement.
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Supercritical fluid
A supercritical fluid (SCF) is any substance at a temperature and pressure above its critical point, where distinct liquid and gas phases do not exist.
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Superheated steam
Superheated steam is a steam at a temperature higher than its vaporization (boiling) point at the absolute pressure where the temperature is measured.
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Superheater
A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam.
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Thermal radiation
Thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation generated by the thermal motion of charged particles in matter.
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Timothy Hackworth
Timothy Hackworth (22 December 1786 – 7 July 1850) was a steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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Traction engine
A traction engine is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location.
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Turbine
A turbine (from the Latin turbo, a vortex, related to the Greek τύρβη, tyrbē, meaning "turbulence") is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.
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Turbo generator
A turbo generator is the combination of a turbine directly connected to an electric generator for the generation of electric power.
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Vacuum
Vacuum is space devoid of matter.
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Volumetric flow rate
In physics and engineering, in particular fluid dynamics and hydrometry, the volumetric flow rate (also known as volume flow rate, rate of fluid flow or volume velocity) is the volume of fluid which passes per unit time; usually represented by the symbol (sometimes). The SI unit is m3/s (cubic metres per second).
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Water
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.
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Wood
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
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Wrought iron
puddled iron, a form of wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon (less than 0.08%) content in contrast to cast iron (2.1% to 4%).
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