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„Johann W. von Goethe“
Am Tiergarten 22
38871 Ilsenburg
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„Offene Schule“
2024-
15:30 bis 17:00 Uhr
Smelting Oven in our school
We, the students in grade 8 of the Goethe School of the applied Biology course, our teachers Mrs Peters and Mr. Hartung and our Department Head Mrs. Peter are currently constructing a smelting furnace, alongside the guidance of Professor Oppermann. This furnance is approximately 1.5 metres tall.
The furnace is used for the extraction of iron and heats up to 900°C. We want to use the furnace for the production of iron, just as it was originally produced in Ilsenburg.
For the construction of the furnace we needed clay, water and willow brances. For the production of iron we needed charcoal and iron ore. The smelting oven is a component of the metallurgic process in Ilsenburg.
The construction was very fun for us and showed how difficult the production of iron in the past was.
We, the students of the Biology course, would like to thank Mrs. Peters, Mr. Hartung, and especially Professor Oppermann for their help with this project.