Slag Chart
![[ Slag Chart, Both iron making and smithing produce slag as byproducts. Metallurgical analyses can determine the origin of the slag. The large pie chart of the L'Anse aux Meadows slag shows that only 4.78% of the slag was from smithing. Except from the smithing hearth slag and some which could not be determined, the rest of the slag was from the iron making. Bear, cinder, and refractories are all associated with the fabrication of iron.
Smithing hearth slag is the slag formed during the first hammering of the iron when it is very hot as it is removed from the furnace., Birgitta Wallace and John Gaspereau, Parks Canada Archaeology Laboratory, Halifax ]](../../images/site/164861_2.jpg "[ Slag Chart, Both iron making and smithing produce slag as byproducts. Metallurgical analyses can determine the origin of the slag. The large pie chart of the L'Anse aux Meadows slag shows that only 4.78% of the slag was from smithing. Except from the smithing hearth slag and some which could not be determined, the rest of the slag was from the iron making. Bear, cinder, and refractories are all associated with the fabrication of iron.
Smithing hearth slag is the slag formed during the first hammering of the iron when it is very hot as it is removed from the furnace., Birgitta Wallace and John Gaspereau, Parks Canada Archaeology Laboratory, Halifax ]")
Source: Parks Canada Archaeology Laboratory, Halifax, , , Birgitta Wallace and John Gaspereau, "Diagramme des scories," 1990. Notes: Les scories sont des sous-produits de la production de fer et du travail de la forge. Les analyses métallurgiques peuvent déterminer leur origine. Le diagramme des scories de L’Anse aux Meadows montre que seulement 4,78 % provenait de la forge. À l’exception des scories de la forge et de quelques résidus qui n’ont pu être identifiés, le reste provenait de la production de fer. Les résidus de forge, les cendres et les loups ou scories sont associés à la production du fer. Les loups sont un type de scories qui se forment lorsque le fer est très chaud, qu'il sort de la fournaise et qu’il est alors travaillé avec une masse.