oxidizing

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An alloy of iron and silicon, ferro-silicon, made by heating a mixture of iron ore, sand and coke in the electrical furnace, is used as a deoxidizing agent in the manufacture of steel.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

They are not dissipated by heat, and give a violet colour to the deoxidizing flame of the blowpipe.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

The slag changes from black to white as the metallic oxides are reduced by these deoxidizing additions and the reduced metals return to the bath.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

The carbon acts as a deoxidizing agent for the ore or metalliferous material treated, and to this extent it is consumed, but otherwise than from this cause, it remains unimpaired.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

Oxidation may, however, be further prevented by passing some deoxidizing or neutral gas into the mould.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various