electric arc
IPA: ɪɫˈɛktrɪkˈɑrk
noun
- A discharge of electricity across a gap, causing ionization of the air (or other gas) and resulting in a bright, hot plasma.
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Examples of "electric-arc" in Sentences
- "We will use iron-ore nuggets produced from the plant as feedstock for our electric-arc furnaces," C.S. Verma said.
- "Tell Brinkerhof to rig up an electric-arc burning outfit and cut out those disconnects as fast as he can," Brand ordered.
- Japan is the world's second-largest exporter of scrap steel, behind the U.S. Scrap steel is melted in electric-arc furnaces to make steel.
- OneSteel in August acquired most of the assets of smaller rival Smorgon Steel, including its scrap-processing facilities and electric-arc furnace.
- Still, production could be affected by rolling power outages, particularly at power-intensive, electric-arc furnaces, which melt scrap steel to make new product.
- Computer modification site Afrotech provides directions for how to make your own Jacob's ladder, the electric-arc gizmo that was a staple of 1950's sci-fi movies.
- Steel plants, especially electric-arc furnaces that melt recycled steel to make new product, consume huge amounts of electricity and have been affected by shortages as the nuclear crisis leaves a hole in the power grid.
- "The beneficiaries of these trends — besides the coal companies — will likely be the global and domestic steel electric-arc furnace producers, where there is zero exposure to higher coal prices," said Michelle Applebaum , a steel analyst with researcher MAR Inc.
- Sunlight, or more frequently the light from a powerful electric-arc lamp (both forms containing a high proportion of active rays) is concentrated by means of lenses of appropriate composition into a beam from which the heat rays have been as far as possible eliminated; this beam is projected on a small area of affected skin, which has been drained of blood by pressure.
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