Puddling (metallurgy)

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Puddling was an Industrial Revolution means of making iron and steel. In the original puddling technique, molten iron in a reverberatory furnace was stirred with rods, which were consumed in the process. Later, it was also used to produce a good-quality steel with the correct amount of carbon; this was a highly skilled art, but both high-carbon and low-carbon steels were successfully produced on a small scale, particularly for swords and other weapons. The process is more fully described in the article puddling furnace.

[edit] See also

• Crucible steel
• Steelmaking
• Decarburization

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