: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or for reducing ore)
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Shares in Nucor, which uses electric arc furnaces to melt scrap steel to make new steel, are off about 13.5% in the past three months and down more than 4.5% year-to-date.
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 17 July 2024
The material was then placed in a multi-mode microwave sintering furnace, where it was held at an internal temperature of 1,080 °C (1,976 ºF) for 10 minutes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 July 2024
The system also captures the heat from the furnace and reuses it for energy efficiency.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
Besides cars and trucks, there’s a variety of household fuel-burning appliances that produce carbon monoxide, including generators, gas stoves and ovens, oil and gas furnaces, gas dryers, grills, and wood stoves, according to the EPA.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 17 July 2024
The material was then placed in a multi-mode microwave sintering furnace, where it was held at an internal temperature of 1,080 °C (1,976 ºF) for 10 minutes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 July 2024
The system also captures the heat from the furnace and reuses it for energy efficiency.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
Besides cars and trucks, there’s a variety of household fuel-burning appliances that produce carbon monoxide, including generators, gas stoves and ovens, oil and gas furnaces, gas dryers, grills, and wood stoves, according to the EPA.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
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furnace
noun
fur·nace
ˈfər-nəs 
: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or melting metals)
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