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Yater (1983, 1983-84) has postulated a third process where he assumes that the bloomery iron was first carburized in the solid state to pick up carbon upto 3.5%, which became molten in the crucible at 1300 to 1350°C, and then later on the solidified cake was decarburized by white heart malleablizing process.