Bessemer Process Definition

besəmər
noun
A method for making steel by blasting compressed air through molten iron to burn out excess carbon and impurities.
American Heritage
A method of making steel by blasting air through molten pig iron in a large container (Bessemer converter) to burn away the carbon and other impurities.
Webster's New World

Origin of Bessemer Process

  • After Sir Henry Bessemer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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