Salamander (metallurgy)
A salamander (or deadman's foot or furnance bear) in the metallurgy dialect means all liquid and solidified materials in the hearth of a blast furnace below the tap hole.
During blowing down of the furnace the salamander is tapped by drilling a hole in the Blast Furnace hearth.
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