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SCULL MELTING [1 record]

Record 1 1997-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smelting of Metal
  • Glass Manufacturing
OBS

skull. A layer of solidified metal or dross on the walls of a pouring vessel after the metal has been poured. The same term is used for the glass left in a ladle after most of the molten glass has been poured in glassmaking; in the glass industry the usual spelling is scull.

OBS

skull: the crust of solid material forming on the bottom of a ladle - fond de poche.

Key term(s)
  • scull melting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion (Métallurgie générale)
  • Fabrication du verre

Spanish

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