pig iron

English - Turkish

Definition of pig iron in English Turkish dictionary

dökme demir

pik

pik demiri

font

pik demir

demir külçesi

Related Terms

bessemer pig iron

bessemer fontu

malleable pig iron

dövülebilir pik demir

English - English

Definition of pig iron in English English dictionary

A type of crude iron shaped like a block. Pig iron is commonly used as a raw material in industry

raw iron, unrefined iron

(Cast iron) Hard, brittle iron produced by melting ore in a blast furnace pig iron can be cast into objects like cannon, shot, and stove plates The iron bars laid out on the casting floor resembled suckling piglets about a larger trench that was called a "sow" Cast iron bars came in two sizes, a pig and a sow

Crude, high-carbon iron produced by reduction of iron ore in a blast furnace

Crude iron cast in blocks. a form of iron that is not pure. Crude iron obtained directly from the blast furnace and cast in molds (see cast iron). The crude ingots, called pigs, are then remelted along with scrap and alloying elements and recast into molds to produce various iron and steel products (see Bessemer process, finery process, puddling process)

A common term for cast iron or cast iron ingots The term originated from the practice of casting ingots in triangular section troughs cut in the sand floor of foundires A central trough fed smaller molds on its side like suckling pigs Thus "pig iron"

The product of the blast furnace The term was derived from the method of casting the bars of the pig iron in depressions or moulds formed in the sand floor adjacent to the furnace These were connected to a runner (known as a sow) and when filled with metal the runner and the numerous smaller moulds were supposed to resemble a litter of suckling pigs, hence the term pig iron

crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

Hyphenation

pig i·ron

Turkish pronunciation

pîg ayırn

Pronunciation

/ˈpəg ˈīərn/ /ˈpɪɡ ˈaɪɜrn/

Etymology

() In the 1800s, one method of iron-making involved pouring molten iron into molds in sand beds fed from a common channel. The resulting blocks of iron were called the suckling "piglets", and the channel was called the "pig". Since then, "pig iron" has become a widely used term.