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electric arc furnace

furnace heated by a controlled electric arc
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electric arc furnace

Summary

electric arc furnace ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,522 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • electric arc furnace is credited with the discovery of Carl Wilhelm Siemens[2].
  • electric arc furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace[3].
  • electric arc furnace is a type of electrical device[4].
  • electric arc furnace's Commons category is recorded as Electric arc furnaces[5].
  • electric arc furnace's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1900[6].
  • electric arc furnace's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].
  • electric arc furnace's uses is recorded as electric arc[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include metallurgical furnace[3] and electrical device[4].

Why It Matters

electric arc furnace ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,522 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . popularmechanics.com. popularmechanics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009996-obloukove-pece
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1
    Subclass of → —
    Uses → electric arc
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0009996-obloukove-pece, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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