2006-11-21 11:00:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Conventional meaning: waste metal or the dross mineral left over from mining and smelting same.
Slang meaning: a promiscuous person (often female) who isn't terribly choosy about their partners.
"To slag off"--to diss on someone's reputation.
2006-11-21 19:50:06 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well there are two answers to this question (1) Slag as in coal dust. (2) A term for a loose woman.
2006-11-21 21:13:42 · answer #2 · answered by Rod T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Slag is the waste formed at the top of molten metals caused by the impurities within. It is therefore also used as an insult to slack women.
2006-11-21 11:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Slags are the by-product of smelting ore to purify metals. They can be considered to be a mixture of metal oxides; however, they can contain metal sulphides and metal atoms in the elemental form. While slags are generally used as a waste removal mechanism in metal smelting, they can also serve other purposes, such as assisting in smelt temperature control and minimizing re-oxidation of the final bullion product before casting.
In nature, the ores of metals such as iron, copper, lead, aluminium, and other metals are found in impure states, often oxidized and mixed in with silicates of other metals.
During smelting, when the ore is exposed to high temperatures, these impurities are separated from the molten metal and can be removed. The collection of compounds that is removed is the slag.
Different smelting processes produce different slags. In general they can be classified as ferrous or non-ferrous. The smelting of copper and lead in non-ferrous smelting, for instance, is designed to remove the iron and silica that often occurs with those ores and separates it as an iron silicate based slag. Slag from steel mills in ferrous smelting, on the other hand, is designed to minimise iron loss and so mainly contains calcium, magnesium, and aluminium.
Slag has many commercial uses, and is rarely thrown away. It is often reprocessed to separate any other metals that it may contain. The remnants of this recovery can be used in railroad track ballast, and as fertilizer. It has been used as a road metal and as a cheap and durable means of roughening sloping faces of seawalls in order to progressively arrest the movement of waves.
Ground granulated slag is often used in concrete in combination with Portland cement as part of a blended cement. Ground granulated slag has latent hydraulic properties, which means that it reacts with water to produce cementitious properties. Concrete containing ground granulated slag develops strength over a longer period, leading to reduced permeability and better durability properties. Since the unit volume of Portland cement will also be reduced, concrete is less vulnerable to alkali-silica and sulfate attack.
2006-11-21 15:51:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a wonderful question. Religion is, of course, the form that one's worship takes. Thus there are thousands of forms. Religion includes a system of religious beliefs and practices. The object of the religion may be false gods or the true God. Hence, there is false religion and there is true. Religion can get very fancy or remain simple. In the former case, such as it is today. In the latter case, such as it was in the Garden of Eden. What then is worship to me? How do I worship? To worship means to obey. And to obey means to worship. The two are intimately connected; indeed, they are coterminous and cannot be separated. Specifically, to obey the Sovereign Lord God Jehovah of Armies is to worship Him. I do my imperfect best in this regard. I fall on my face and get back up to try and try again. In the Garden of Eden, so long as they obeyed Jehovah, Adam and Eve were worshiping him. No temple, no Mosaic Law, no meetings. Simply leave the tree of the knowledge of good and bad alone. Simple. The minute they disobeyed, they stopped worshiping Jehovah. Same with the nation of Israel. The minute they attempted to practice a syncretistic religion they stopped worshiping Jehovah. The minute they made the golden calf, they stopped. And on and on. To worship is to obey. To obey is to worship. Hannah J Paul
2016-03-29 04:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the residue left after making metals, slag being the useless remains, also used to describe women in a derogatory way eg they are slags because nobody wants them when there is anything better available.
2006-11-21 11:04:11 · answer #6 · answered by cedley1969 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"slag" is the unwanted material left over in a foundry
2006-11-22 02:14:18 · answer #7 · answered by internat y 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
slag is the scum which forms on top of a iron smelting crucible and needs to be scraped away because its impure...
and nasty, dirty,loose, lacivious... and its not a nice thing to say to anyone, or about them. they know what they are, they certainly dont want or need you to tell them.
2006-11-21 11:40:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
the rubbish bits of material left over from mining coal that get thrown on a heap or a loose woman who is eventually left on a rubbish heap or a word used to spite someone to make them feel bad by someone who is judgemental and/or a bully.
2006-11-21 11:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by Spoonraker 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's a derrogatory term used for the Tectonese. Otherwise it's the remains left over from the smelting process. How's that grab ya?
2006-11-21 11:03:15 · answer #10 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋