Bessemer process

(bes′ə mər)

a method of making steel by blasting air through molten pig iron in a large container () to burn away the carbon and other impurities

Origin: after Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-98), Eng engineer who developed it

See Bessemer process in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A method for making steel by blasting compressed air through molten iron to burn out excess carbon and impurities.

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Origin: After Sir Henry Bessemer

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