stackyFACTSPurifying brittle iron ironically requires blowing massive amounts of oxygen directly into the inferno. Because excess carbon makes the metal weak, engineers shoot cold air straight through the molten liquid. The oxygen aggressively binds with the excess carbon and burns it off in a massive, violently glowing geyser.
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