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Hypothetically, would a lightning strike be capable of smelting iron ore and carbon into steel? If you put a large amount of such materials into a mold or smelting pot in a high enough place during a storm and it would be hit by lightning, would it smelt the stuff inside?

by /u/Crypticlibrarian in /r/askscience

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