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The 29 pages that link to Blast furnace, each with the reason it gives.

• Coal miningRelated: Metallurgical coal supports iron production through the manufacture of coke.

• Iron oreNarrower topic: It is a major route for converting prepared iron ore into hot metal.

• CoalRelated: Coal-derived coke provides heat and a chemical reducing agent in conventional ironmaking.

• Iron oxideRelated: Iron oxides are reduced there on a large scale to supply iron and steel production.

• MagnetiteRelated: Magnetite concentrate can be processed into iron in this industrial furnace.

• HematiteRelated: It is a major route for processing hematite ore.

• Coke (fuel)Related: Coke supplies heat, supports the burden, and generates gases that reduce iron oxides.

• RefractoryBroader topic: Its hearth and walls use refractory linings exposed to intense heat and ironmaking slags.

• MetalRelated: Its development enabled large-scale production of iron and later cast iron.

• BloomeryCompared with: Unlike a bloomery, it melts iron into cast iron rather than yielding a solid bloom.

• SmeltingBroader topic: It is a major industrial design for carrying out iron smelting.

• Wrought ironRelated: The blast furnace supplied the pig iron that later processes refined into wrought iron.

• Iron(III) oxideRelated: Its carbon monoxide removes oxygen from hematite during ironmaking.

• Direct reduced ironCompared with: Unlike DRI production, a blast furnace melts the iron-bearing burden and yields liquid hot metal.

• Steel industryBroader topic: The dominant integrated route begins by making pig iron in this furnace.

• Iron smeltingBroader topic: Its high temperatures and carbon-rich conditions produce liquid iron rather than a solid bloom.

• Pig ironNarrower topic: Pig iron forms as molten iron collects at the bottom of this furnace.

• RuhrRelated: Blast furnaces joined the region’s coal supply to its steel production.

• Iron(II) oxideRelated: FeO occurs during the sequence of iron-ore reduction inside the furnace.

• Reducing agentBroader topic: Carbon monoxide reduces iron oxides to metallic iron during smelting.

• IronmakingBroader topic: This is the dominant integrated route from iron ore to hot metal.

• IronworkingBroader topic: It enabled large-scale production of liquid iron from ore.

• Solar furnaceCompared with: It is a major industrial high-temperature process based on combustion rather than solar concentration.

• JamshedpurBroader topic: It is a key installation in the integrated steelworks at Jamshedpur.

• MagnitogorskBroader topic: Blast furnaces turn the plant’s ore and coke into molten iron.

• RedoxBroader topic: Iron production depends on reducing iron oxides to metallic iron.

• NovokuznetskRelated: Blast furnaces are central to the city’s traditional integrated steelmaking.

• Renaissance technologyRelated: Improved iron production supplied metal for tools, weapons, and machines.

• Fire brickRelated: Its interior is lined with refractory materials, including specialized brick.