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pig iron

iron alloy with a high carbon content
Class type of: alloy Q901785

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
type of mixture of chemical entities
Subclass of
alloy[3]
Different from
Surówka[4]
Fabrication method
blast furnace[5]
Made from material
cast iron[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en pig iron ar تماسيح الحديد ar حديد غفل cs surové železo da råjern de Roheisen es arrabio fa آهن چدن fi rääkyrauta fi harkkorauta fi rääkkyrauta fi takkirauta fr fonte brute he ברזל גולמי hi कच्चा लोहा hi पिग आइरन hu nyersvas id Besi kasar it ferraccio it ghisa
🔖 Identifiers · 18
GND ID
4178347-5
OpenAlex ID
C2781409005
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pig iron.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/pig-iron
Freebase ID
/m/0f1xg
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
lingot-dalt-forn
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0190657
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
pig-iron
KBpedia ID
PigIron
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781409005
Museum-digital tag ID
100510
NDL Authority ID
00570793
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NL CR AUT ID
ph126284
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/AFD8BF95-5BF7-4315-928B-A8F3420D5F13
PSH ID
5310
Quora topic ID
Pig-Iron
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
15008050-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/f6d62b83-5408-49e4-9b5b-145c5adddac3

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🔗 Connections
← Product or material produced 3
Metinvest, İsdemir, Pakistan Steel Mills
← Carries passengers or cargo 2
ladle car, torpedo wagon
Fabrication method 1
blast furnace
Made from material 1
cast iron
Subclass of 1
alloy
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Summary

pig iron is a type of mixture of chemical entities[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of mixture of chemical entities
    Fabrication method → blast furnace
    Subclass of → alloy
    Made from material → cast iron
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Instance of: type of mixture of chemical entities, batch #269334"
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