Quenching
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In materials science, quenching is the rapid cooling of a workpiece in water, gas, oil, polymer, air, or other fluids to obtain certain material properties. A type of heat treating, quenching prevents
Coke being pushed into a quenching car, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, November 1942
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Coke (fuel)
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Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content. It is made by heating coal or petroleum in the absence of air. Coke is an important industrial product, used mainly in the
Quenching
…Coke being pushed into a quenching car, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, November 1942 In materials science, quenching…
Raw coke
A coke oven at a smokeless fuel plant, Abercwmboi, Wales, 1976
The Monckton Coke Works at Royston, South Yorkshire, in operation discharging glowing coke from one of the bank of ovens on the left in 2013
Postcard depicting coke ovens and coal tipple in Fayette County, Pennsylvania