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smelting works

Meaning of "smelting works" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMELTING WORKS

ˈsmɛltɪŋ wɜːks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMELTING WORKS

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Smelting works is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SMELTING WORKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Smelting

Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes production of silver, iron, copper and other base metals from their ores. Smelting uses heat and a chemical reducing agent to decompose the ore, driving off other elements as gasses or slag and leaving just the metal behind. The reducing agent is commonly a source of carbon such as coke, or in earlier times charcoal. The carbon removes oxygen from the ore, leaving behind elemental metal. The carbon is thus oxidized in two stages, producing first carbon monoxide and then carbon dioxide. As most ores are impure, it is often necessary to use flux, such as limestone, to remove the accompanying rock gangue as slag. Plants for the electrolytic reduction of aluminium are also generally referred to as smelters. These do not melt aluminium oxide but instead dissolve it in aluminium fluoride. They normally use carbon electrodes, but novel smelter designs use electrodes that are not consumed in the process. The end product is molten aluminium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMELTING WORKS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMELTING WORKS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SMELTING WORKS

building works · Caudine Forks · clerk of works · collected works · engineering works · ex works · freezing works · in the works · printing works · public works · semiworks · sewage treatment works · sewage works · siegeworks · spanner in the works · sternworks · the works · upper works

Synonyms and antonyms of smelting works in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «smelting works» into 25 languages

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zh

Translator English - Chinese

冶炼工程
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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fundición
570 millions of speakers
en

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smelting works
510 millions of speakers
hi

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गलाने निर्माण
380 millions of speakers
ar

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أعمال صهر
280 millions of speakers
ru

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плавильные работы
278 millions of speakers
pt

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obras de fundição
270 millions of speakers
bn

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গ্লাসের কাজ
260 millions of speakers
fr

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fonderie
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Kerja peleburan
190 millions of speakers
de

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Hüttenwerke
180 millions of speakers
ja

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精錬所
130 millions of speakers
ko

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제련 작품
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Smelting works
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công trình luyện kim
80 millions of speakers
ta

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மென்மையான வேலைகள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

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गोगलगाय कार्ये
75 millions of speakers
tr

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Eritme işleri
70 millions of speakers
it

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fonderia
65 millions of speakers
pl

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hut
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

плавильні роботи
40 millions of speakers
ro

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lucrări de topire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χυτήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

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smelting werke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smältverk
10 millions of speakers
no

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smelteverk
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMELTING WORKS»

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1
The Boston and Colorado Smelting Works...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Egleston, 2012
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The Legacy of American Copper Smelting: Industrial Heritage ...
Three new smelting works on or near the lower Great Lakes opened in the early 1850s, including Grout's Detroit works, a Cleveland site operated by Hussey's brother, and a competing Pittsburgh furnace. All of these enterprises hoped to cash ...
Bode J. Morin, 2013
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Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe: Between ...
By 1564, five ducal smelting works with sixteen furnaces were in operation and five private smelting works with fifteen furnaces. However, the private works produced just 36 percent of the total silver output and 42 percent of the lead output.
Ursula Klein, E. C. Spary, 2010
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A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Swansea Region
The invention of the copper/zinc alloy, Muntz Metal in 1832, followed by that of the galvanising process led to a major increase in demand. Starting in 1841 a number of zinc smelting works were opened in the Swansea valley. The first of these, ...
Stephen Hughes, Stephen R. Hughes, Paul Rupert Reynolds, 1989
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The flora of the Ripley formation
On June 14, 1879, the new company purchased the entire property and took possession of the smelting works, together with 24 acres of ground and about 20 buildings located just below the city of Leadville. At the same time three claims in  ...
Edward Wilber Berry, 1925
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
In 1873 a load smelter (Denver Smelting Works) was established at Denver. In 1875 the Collom Co., which already had separating and concentrating works at Idaho Springs and Blackhawk, completed a lead smelter at Golden. The Golden ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1917
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Copper Smelting
... it is sometimes desirable to add raw pyrites in a comparatively advanced stage of the process to throw the grade of the product back. 3. The cost of labor and fuel as compared with the value of the copper per pound at the smelting works.
Henry Marion Howe, 1885
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
In 1873 a lead smelter (Denver Smelting Works) was established at Denver. In 1875 the Collom Co., which already had separating and concentrating works at Idaho Springs and Blackhawk, completed a lead smelter at Golden. The Golden ...
‎1917
9
Mining in Colorado: a history of discovery, development and ...
On June 14, 1879, the new company purchased the entire property and took possession of the smelting works, together with 24 acres of ground and about 20 buildings located just below the city of Leadville. At the same time three claims in  ...
Charles William Henderson, 1926
10
More Than Merchants: A History of the German-speaking ...
With his experience of tin refining and tin markets, he joined the newly formed Eastern Smelting Works Ltd. as managing director. The Penang-based Eastern Smelting Company was established as a public company in 1908 by taking over  ...
Salma Nasution Khoo, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMELTING WORKS»

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"ExtraSchicht": A night of industrial culture
... A night of industrial culture. Former mines, smelting works and other industrial plants will serve as the backdrop of a huge display of light, color and action. «Deutsche Welle, Jun 15»
2
Coedpoeth and Brymbo villagers face contaminated land bill
A total of 18 households from Coedpoeth and Brymbo, who live on the sites of former lead smelting works, have been told they have to part-fund the works. «BBC News, Feb 15»
3
Quincy Smelter ownership changes hands
Those interested in seeing the Quincy Smelting Works for themselves can take one of the Quincy Smelter Association's monthly tours this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ... «ABC 10 News NOW, Sep 14»
4
Infamously polluting Kola smelting works undergo first planned …
The checks of the infamously polluting works are taking place in Monchegorsk, Zapolyarny and Nikel, all the cities in which the KMMC operates. «Bellona, Jun 14»
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Residents fighting Melton new homes plan raise Capper Pass …
But residents, who suspect the former Capper Pass smelting works was responsible for unusually high numbers of cancer cases in the area, have claimed the ... «Hull Daily Mail, May 14»
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Biomass plant plans for Anglesey Aluminium move forward
... 299MW of electricity, which is enough to power about 300,000 homes. Anglesey Aluminium smelting works shut in 2009 with the loss of nearly 400 jobs. «BBC News, Apr 14»
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Quincy Smelting Works delisted from Torch Lake Superfund
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed the cleanup at the Quincy Smelting Works site in Franklin Township to ... «UpperMichigansSource.com, Nov 13»
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Quincy Smelter site removed from Superfund list
Quincy Smelter site removed from Superfund list ... to celebrate the deletion of the Quincy Smelting Works site parcel from the Superfund National Priorities List. «Daily Mining Gazette, Nov 13»
9
The old abandoned mine
By 1880 the Saucelito Smelting Works was producing about fifty tons of black oxide annually, hardly enough to make Sausalito a mining center.”. «Marinscope Community Newspapers, Oct 13»
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Anglesey Aluminium plant to be decommissioned
The owners of Anglesey Aluminium Metal (AAM) have announced production will not restart at their Holyhead plant. The smelting works will be decommisioned ... «BBC News, Sep 10»
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