Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I PRACTICAL PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUDE OR CAST IRON
- PART II EXPERIMENTAL PAPERS, PRINCIPALLY CONNECTED WITH IRON AND ITS COMBINATIONS
- I On the Attempts in France to produce Steel by means of the Diamond and the Decomposition of Carbonic Acid
- II Remarks upon several Experiments made to prove the Conversion of Iron into Steel by means of the Diamond
- III An Examination of C. Clouet's Process for making Cast Steel from Bar Iron by means of the Decomposition of the Carbonic Acid
- IV On the Fusion of Malleable Iron with various kinds of Glass; being a continuation of the Examination of C. Clouet's Process for making Cast Steel
- V On the different Proportions of Carbon which constitute the various qualities of Crude Iron and Steel
- VI Experiments on Charcoal exposed to high degrees of Heat in close vessels
- VII Experiments and Observations on the Manufacture of Malleable Iron directly from the ore
- VIII Experiments to ascertain the Affinities of Carbon with Clay, Lime, and Silex, separately or as compounds, united with the Oxyde of Iron, forming Iron Ores and Iron-stones
- IX Experiments on Wootz or Indian Steel
- X Experiments on various Earths, undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether they are Metallic Oxydes
- XI Analysis of various kinds of Pit-coal
- XII Experiments relative to Coals and Coke obtained from Wood and Pit-coal
- XIII Result of some Experiments on the Distillation of various Vegetable and Animal Substances in the dry way
- XIV On the Affinity existing between Oxydes of Carbon and Iron
- XV On Cast Iron and Steel, with Experiments to ascertain whether Manganese may be alloyed with Iron
- XVI On the Deoxydation and Reduction of Iron Ores
- XVII Facts illustrative of the Shrinkage and Expansion of Cast Iron and Steel
- XVIII On the Crystallization of Cast Iron
- APPENDIX
- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES
- CORRIGENDA
- INDEX
XVI - On the Deoxydation and Reduction of Iron Ores
from PART II - EXPERIMENTAL PAPERS, PRINCIPALLY CONNECTED WITH IRON AND ITS COMBINATIONS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I PRACTICAL PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUDE OR CAST IRON
- PART II EXPERIMENTAL PAPERS, PRINCIPALLY CONNECTED WITH IRON AND ITS COMBINATIONS
- I On the Attempts in France to produce Steel by means of the Diamond and the Decomposition of Carbonic Acid
- II Remarks upon several Experiments made to prove the Conversion of Iron into Steel by means of the Diamond
- III An Examination of C. Clouet's Process for making Cast Steel from Bar Iron by means of the Decomposition of the Carbonic Acid
- IV On the Fusion of Malleable Iron with various kinds of Glass; being a continuation of the Examination of C. Clouet's Process for making Cast Steel
- V On the different Proportions of Carbon which constitute the various qualities of Crude Iron and Steel
- VI Experiments on Charcoal exposed to high degrees of Heat in close vessels
- VII Experiments and Observations on the Manufacture of Malleable Iron directly from the ore
- VIII Experiments to ascertain the Affinities of Carbon with Clay, Lime, and Silex, separately or as compounds, united with the Oxyde of Iron, forming Iron Ores and Iron-stones
- IX Experiments on Wootz or Indian Steel
- X Experiments on various Earths, undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether they are Metallic Oxydes
- XI Analysis of various kinds of Pit-coal
- XII Experiments relative to Coals and Coke obtained from Wood and Pit-coal
- XIII Result of some Experiments on the Distillation of various Vegetable and Animal Substances in the dry way
- XIV On the Affinity existing between Oxydes of Carbon and Iron
- XV On Cast Iron and Steel, with Experiments to ascertain whether Manganese may be alloyed with Iron
- XVI On the Deoxydation and Reduction of Iron Ores
- XVII Facts illustrative of the Shrinkage and Expansion of Cast Iron and Steel
- XVIII On the Crystallization of Cast Iron
- APPENDIX
- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES
- CORRIGENDA
- INDEX
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- Papers on Iron and Steel, Practical and Experimental , pp. 782 - 794Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1840