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electric arc furnace

furnace heated by a controlled electric arc
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electric arc furnace

Summary

electric arc furnace ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (626 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • electric arc furnace is credited with the discovery of Carl Wilhelm Siemens[2].
  • electric arc furnace's image is recorded as Forno Stassano - Museo scienza e tecnologia Milano.jpg[3].
  • electric arc furnace's subclass of is recorded as metallurgical furnace[4].
  • electric arc furnace's subclass of is recorded as electrical device[5].
  • electric arc furnace's Commons category is recorded as Electric arc furnaces[6].
  • electric arc furnace's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1900-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • electric arc furnace's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/050j32[8].
  • electric arc furnace's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph753365[9].
  • electric arc furnace's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10].
  • electric arc furnace's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000348975[11].
  • electric arc furnace's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/electric-furnace[12].
  • electric arc furnace's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/arc-furnace[13].
  • electric arc furnace's uses is recorded as electric arc[14].
  • electric arc furnace's Quora topic ID is recorded as Electric-Arc-Furnace[15].
  • electric arc furnace's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 130517[16].
  • electric arc furnace's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 199948506[17].
  • electric arc furnace's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2994069645[18].
  • electric arc furnace's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C199948506[19].
  • electric arc furnace's Global Energy Monitor Wiki ID is recorded as Electric_arc_furnace[20].
  • electric arc furnace's Global Energy Monitor Wiki ID is recorded as Horno_de_arco_eléctrico[21].

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Works and Contributions

electric arc furnace is credited with the discovery of Carl Wilhelm Siemens[2].

Why It Matters

electric arc furnace ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (626 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . popularmechanics.com. popularmechanics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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