Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 1 compound words that contain furnaces. The most common are listed below. Open furnaces in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- blast furnacesplural of blast furnace: An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
- electric arc furnacesplural of electric arc furnace: A furnace that heats material by means of an electric arc.
- almond furnacesplural of almond furnace: A kind of furnace used in refining to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
- converting furnacesplural of converting furnace: A furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.
- induction furnacesplural of induction furnace: An electrical device that melts metal using heat generated by electromagnetic induction.
- philosophical furnacesplural of philosophical furnace: A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
- reduction furnacesplural of reduction furnace: A form of furnace in which an ore is reduced to a metal.
- shaft furnacesplural of shaft furnace: A furnace in the form of a vertical cylinder in which hot gas is forced upwards through the contained solids
- muffler furnacesplural of muffler furnace: A small electric furnace or kiln, loaded from the front.
- Mannheim furnacesplural of Mannheim furnace: A large cast iron kiln used in the Mannheim process.
- regenerative furnacesplural of regenerative furnace: A furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.
- ladle furnacesplural of ladle furnace: A small gas furnace heated by a Bunsen burner, for melting metals, etc.
- muffle furnacesplural of muffle furnace: A small electric furnace or kiln, loaded from the front.
- doré furnacesplural of doré furnace: A furnace for refining doré bullion.
- Pernot furnacesplural of Pernot furnace: A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, used in making steel.
- reverberatory furnacesplural of reverberatory furnace: A form of forge, used in smelting and refining, in which the material is melted by radiant heat and convection of hot gases, as opposed to direct contact with the fuel or flame (conduction).
- semimuffle furnacesplural of semimuffle furnace: A furnace in which the flame does not come into contact with the material being heated but products of the combustion gases do
- Stetefeldt furnacesplural of Stetefeldt furnace: A metallurgical furnace widely used in the western United States for the roasting of silver ores.
Compound words 1
- microfurnacesplural of microfurnace: A microscale furnace.