Impurities were burnt away with the use of coke, producing a high-quality refined iron.
杂质用焦炭烧掉,产生高质量的炼铁。
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The great inventions of that century-the steam engine, mechanical spinning, smelting iron with coke-all served to economise on the expensive factor of production and use more of the cheaper one.
那个世纪的伟大发明如蒸汽机,机械纺纱机,焦炭炼铁大大的节省了高额生产成本,使其更为低廉。
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As a simple overview, the blast furnace needs coke from the coke plant to reduce the iron ore (iron oxide) to iron.