The Wikipedia article on the electric arc furnace, consulted for the disputed early history of the furnace, James Burgess Readman built an operating furnace in Edinburgh in 1888 and 1889, and for the mini mill cost advantage that helped electric steelmaking spread after Paul Heroult built a commercial furnace, cited on the Electric Arc Furnace invention entity.
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PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc_furnace
Source TypeReference Work
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Electric Arc Furnace (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats material by means of an electric arc.
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