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If you can manage to make mirrors (maybe even using rotating mercury) using wood for your initial heat source you might be able to use solar thermal for metallu
by nitrogen 6y ago
If you can manage to make mirrors (maybe even using rotating mercury) using wood for your initial heat source you might be able to use solar thermal for metallurgy.
- hinkley 6y agoAs the article points out, the coal or charcoal in steel production isn't just a heat source, it's also a reduction reaction. Heat speeds up the oxidation reaction, so you need something in the crucible/fire that is capable of scavenging oxygen before it binds with the iron.