BESSEMER PROCESS


Meaning of BESSEMER PROCESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbe-sə-mər- ]

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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