Chemistry in 17th-Century New England by Gary Patterson

Author:Gary Patterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030432614
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

but the actual technology is tricky and failures were common. If the pile got too hot, it might consume all the wood. If the final logs were broken or, worse, pulverized, the final charcoal would be unsuitable for the ironmaking process then in use. Fortunately, Winthrop hired good Scottish “slave labor” to make the charcoal, under the direction of expert coalers.

Reduction of the bog iron to pig iron involved mixing the charcoal with the rocks. Just heating this in a vacuum would have produced nothing. Again, a fire was started in the charcoal, and the burning conditions were very spare on air. When the proper conditions were obtained, the charcoal was oxidized to carbon monoxide.

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