REVERBERATORYFURNACE

Reverberatory furnace

A reverberatory furnace is a metallurgical or process furnace that isolates the material being processed from contact with the fuel, but not from contact with combustion gases. The term reverberation is used here in a generic sense of rebounding or reflecting, not in the acoustic sense of echoing.

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reverberatory furnace

Noun

  1. A form of forge, used in smelting and refining, in which the material is melted by radiant heat and convection of hot gasses, as opposed to direct contact with the fuel or flame (conduction)


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