A Trial to Reproduce an Ancient Iron-making Process in Chiba Prefecture

The late Naoki Yamaguchi; Yoshinori Anazawa; Mitsuru Tate; Minoru Sasabe

doi:10.2355/isijinternational.37.97

ISIJ International

Online ISSN : 1347-5460
Print ISSN : 0915-1559
ISSN-L : 0915-1559

A Trial to Reproduce an Ancient Iron-making Process in Chiba Prefecture

The late Naoki Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Anazawa, Mitsuru Tate, Minoru Sasabe

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Keywords: ancient iron making, reproduce smelting, furnace, refractory, iron sand

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1997 Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 97-101

DOI https://doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.37.97

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Abstract

A trial to reproduce an ancient iron-making process were carried out by the Boso-Fudoki-no-Oka Museum. An object of the article is an introduction to operation data and the results of the trial. Seven times trials were carried out.
3.3 kg of iron lump could be obtained by using 33 kg of iron sand and 61 kg of charcoal.

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