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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.
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See also

fluxtube fluxure Fluxus fluyt fly fly agaric

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