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slag


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thomas  phosphate  \Thom"as  phos"phate\  or  slag  \slag\  . 
  Same  as  {Basic  slag},  above. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slag  \Slag\,  n.  [Sw.  slagg,  or  LG  slacke,  whence  G.  schlacke 
  originally,  perhaps,  the  splinters  struck  off  from  the  metal 
  by  hammering.  See  {Slay},  v.  t.] 
  1.  The  dross,  or  recrement,  of  a  metal;  also  vitrified 
  cinders. 
 
  2.  The  scoria  of  a  volcano. 
 
  {Slag  furnace},  or  {Slag  hearth}  (Metal.),  a  furnace,  or 
  hearth,  for  extracting  lead  from  slags  or  poor  ore. 
 
  {Slag  wool},  mineral  wool.  See  under  {Mineral}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slag  \Slag\,  n.  (Metal.) 
  A  product  of  smelting,  containing,  mostly  as  silicates,  the 
  substances  not  sought  to  be  produced  as  matte  or  metal,  and 
  having  a  lower  specific  gravity  than  the  latter;  --  called 
  also  esp.  in  iron  smelting,  {cinder}.  The  slag  of  iron  blast 
  furnaces  is  essentially  silicate  of  calcium,  magnesium,  and 
  aluminium;  that  of  lead  and  copper  smelting  furnaces  contains 
  iron. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slag  \Slag\,  v.  i.  &  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slagged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slagging}.]  (Metal.) 
  To  form  or  form  into  a  slag;  to  agglomerate  when  heated 
  below  the  fusion  point. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slag 
  n  :  the  scum  formed  by  oxidation  at  the  surface  of  molten  metals 
  [syn:  {scoria},  {dross}] 




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