electric furnace
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Meaning
any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current
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Both reverberatory furnace and electric furnace can be used. citation citation citation Mining and smelting main Industry Candlestick made of tin The ten largest companies produced most of the world's tin in 2007.
Ferrovanadium is produced directly by reducing a mixture of vanadium oxide, iron oxides and iron in an electric furnace.
The electric furnace method allowed production to increase to the point where phosphorus could be used in weapons of war.