ALT (SGPT) Test. This blood test measures an enzyme called alanine transaminase (ALT). Enzymes are chemicals that help the cells of your body work. ALT is an enzyme made in the liver. It is released into the blood when tissues are damaged. This enzyme is also called serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, or SGPT.
Iron and steel slags are coproducts of iron and steel manufacturing. In the production of iron, the blast furnace is charged with iron ore, fluxing agents, usually limestone and dolomite, and coke as fuel and the reducing agent. The iron ore is a mixture of iron oxides, silica, and alumina.
The noun IRON ORE has 1 sense: 1  1. an ore from which iron can be extracted. 2  Meaning: 3  An ore from which iron can be extracted. 4  Classified under: 5  Nouns denoting substances. 6  Hypernyms (iron ore is a kind of...): 7  ore (a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined) 8  Meronyms (substance of iron ore): atomic number 26; Fe; iron (a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of iron ore): goethite; gothite (a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust) chamosite (a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum) taconite (a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore)