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Red-hot Steel

Red-hot Steel
Steel structural components glow in a temperature of thousands of degrees in a furnace. Intense heat is crucial in the metallurgy of iron and steel, since these metals can be more easily worked by processes such as hammering, rolling, and so on, when they are hot.
H.R. Bramaz/Peter Arnold, Inc.
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