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Meaning of fluxstone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Calcium-rich limestone used as a flux in metal smelting.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“By far the predominant use of fluxstone is in smelting pig iron in the blast furnace, where limestone, as lime, reacts with impurities in the ore and fuel to form a molten slag that is removed gravimetrically.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

fluxtube fluxure Fluxus fluyt fly fly agaric