lò cao
Definition
- Noun:
- Blast furnace: A large, vertical industrial furnace used for smelting iron ore to produce pig iron (raw iron). It operates at very high temperatures and is a key structure in traditional iron and steel production.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Lò cao là trái tim của nhà máy luyện kim. (The blast furnace is the heart of the metallurgical plant.)
- Gang được sản xuất trực tiếp từ lò cao. (Pig iron is produced directly from the blast furnace.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is specific to heavy industry and metallurgy. It describes the entire structure and process unit, not just any high-temperature oven.
Variants and Related Words
Luyện kim (n): metallurgy.
- Ngành luyện kim phát triển mạnh ở khu vực này. (The metallurgy industry is strongly developed in this region.)
Quặng sắt (n): iron ore.
- Quặng sắt được đưa vào đỉnh lò cao. (Iron ore is fed into the top of the blast furnace.)
Synonyms
- Blast furnace: The direct and standard English equivalent.
- Smelting furnace: A more general term, though "blast furnace" is more precise for iron production.
Related Terms
- Gang (n): pig iron, the crude iron product from a blast furnace.
- Xỉ lò cao (n): blast furnace slag, a byproduct of the smelting process.