BESSEMER PROCESS


Meaning of BESSEMER PROCESS in English

Pronunciation: ' be-s ə -m ə r-

Function: noun

Etymology: Sir Henry Bessemer

Date: 1856

: a process of making steel from pig iron by burning out carbon and other impurities by means of a blast of air forced through the molten metal

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