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Minecraft Blast Furnace

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Minecraft Blast Furnace

The blast furnace is a block in Minecraft that can be crafted with coal and iron ingots, and is used for smelting items such as gold armor or tools. It is the most efficient way to smelt items in the game, using twice as much fuel as a regular furnace, but requires a special workbench to use. It can be found in armorer houses, in some villages, or in trail ruins.

The name blast furnace derives from the high-pressure air that blows in to heat the coal in order to smelt iron. It was once one of the most common ways to make iron, and is still an important part of steel production today.

Blast furnaces are large, tall, brick structures. They contain three layers: the bottom layer contains a water-cooled copper tuyeres and the blast furnace coal; the middle layer contains limestone to raise the temperature in the tuyeres; and the top of the structure is plugged with refractory clay. A taphole is drilled through the refractory clay plug, and the liquid iron and slag flow down a trough and into a casthouse. The casthouse consists of water troughs and equipment for casting the pig iron into bars.

To reduce the dependence on coke, some steelworks have adapted their blast furnaces to burn pulverized coal instead of coke. Others have experimented with oxygen injection to increase the velocity of gas flow in the blast furnace and thus speed up reaction rates, in order to achieve higher smelting efficiency and reduce energy costs.

The smelting process occurs in the upper part of the blast furnace, where the temperature is between 200°C and 700°C. The iron oxide in the tuyeres is reduced to iron, while the silica and alumina in the limestone react with the carbon dioxide to form slag. The slag floats on the surface of the molten iron in the casthouse and is skimmed off as it builds up.

The smelted metal is collected in the bottom box of the blast furnace, where it can be used to make iron armor and tools. It can also be used to smelt gold blocks into Gold Armor and Chainmail. In addition, the blast furnace can be used to create a variety of food items by placing them inside and fueling it with either coal or charcoal. The smelting process is a slow and tedious process that can take up to three minutes for each item to be completely smelted. The smelted items can be collected by selecting them with the corresponding button in the GUI. The smelting process will automatically stop if the player leaves the GUI, and it is also possible to break the smelted items by hand. If the blast furnace is not fueled, it will not produce any items and will display as empty. The GUI of the blast furnace can be customized by naming it in an anvil. Blast furnaces are also used in some educational settings to teach players the iron-making process.

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