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After a brief summary of the history of iron making we review aspects of the current coal-based Hot Blast Furnace technology ( BF ) before focusing upon the latest research in Hydrogen Direct Reduction Furnaces ( H2DRF ) and Molten Oxide Electrolysis ( MOE ).For those unfamiliar with the science of iron smelting there are introductory chapters and appendices which adumbrate basic physics, chemistry and thermodynamics, and the principles of electrolysis illustrated by aluminum smelting.We conclude by looking at contexts in which new smelting technology may be viable.Profusely illustrated with plots, photographs and diagrams. Full algebraic elaborations and academic references. Six-hundred term index.

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James R Warren was born in Cumberland, England in 1952.Educated at Ware Secondary Modern School and the Aberdeen College of Commerce, Dr Warren is a graduate of Manchester, Strathclyde and Birmingham City universities and was for twenty years a Senior Lecturer in Information Technology and Quantitative Methods.James Warren is a former Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and a past Member of The Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery.James lives with his wife Jana at Bloxwich, England.

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