The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
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Examples for "dross "
Examples for "dross "
1 Away from the mega - dross , it was, in fact, a fine 12 months.
2 You feel a different person, as if much dross were sloughed off.
3 The lead should be melted first and all the dross cleaned off.
4 The dross must be tested to ensure it is safe for removal.
5 They say rolling stones gather no moss; but they gather dross sometimes.
1 The practically trained eye could see the scoria which indicates the defective welding.
2 We climb mountains over scoria that frays and lava that burns.
3 Crater Lake, with Wizard Island, a post-caldera collapse basaltic scoria cone.
4 Rings of pale-coloured scoria may be due to tin, zinc, antimony, or arsenic.
5 We passed through a lane of black scoria , with steep banks on both sides.
1 The area's main exports are smelted iron slag , bone meal, and misery.
2 The ore slag lay like gray powder flakes strewn down the cliff.
3 Add the slag to that from the coarse copper fusion, and powder.
4 Behind the school, on the slag heap, you name it, he says.
5 I dove again, strafing and then spinning away from their return slag .
6 It's frowned upon to constantly take the mickey or slag off someone.
7 Wait... slag it in thirty seconds. He switches to airborne tactical bands.
8 Men wheeled the slag and steered the trains and trams and cranes.
9 I raise the slag - shot rifle and fire the last bullet at him.
10 The Phosphatic class, such as superphosphate, basic slag , and steamed bone flour.
11 With ordinary ores, this slag may be considered as free from gold.
12 You lying little slag ! ' roared Foreman Gryste, and launched himself at her.
13 Now, there's good news and bad news in this slag pile.
14 Smelters may also process tin slag to produce more refined tin, he added.
15 The main Kolhar industrial facilities were nothing more than radioactive slag .
16 They rode out through the rabble past great cones of slag and tailings.
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