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basic slag

–noun Metallurgy.
slag formed by the basic process of steelmaking, used as a furnace or converter lining or as a fertilizer.

Origin:
1885–90
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basic slag

noun
slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer 
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