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by-product coke

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: coke made in a by-product oven, usually obtained in various sizes, and when made by high-temperature carbonization having great structural strength and being especially suitable for use in blast furnaces and cupola furnaces

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“By-product coke.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by-product%20coke. Accessed 13 December 2019.

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