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Originally Posted by HardDrive
The raw power required to make steel is amazing.
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Carborundum in Niagara Falls makes (made?) silicon carbide. They had open troughs about 150 feet long. 10 feet wide. The would basically pour dirt in the trough and then lay a big fat "bead" of the ingredients (2 foot or so in dia) and then cover with dirt. Massive amounts of electricity was sent through the bead and it cooked for a couple of days. Turned the stuff into a SC crystals.
As a kid I performed audits of their inventory working for SOHIO. I got the dust ground into the soles of my wing tips and the stuff never ever came out. I wonder how many floors I scuffed.
They also had a plant in Norway. Arendal Smelteverk. The purity must have been better as the Norwegian SC was used in the space shuttle tiles.
Had my fill of open faces sandwiches.
