Bessemer process

Bessemer process

n.

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

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[After Sir Henry Bessemer.]

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Bessemer process

n

1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (formerly) a process for producing steel by blowing air through molten pig iron at about 1250°C in a Bessemer converter: silicon, manganese, and phosphorus impurities are removed and the carbon content is controlled

2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a similar process for removing sulphur and iron from copper matte

[named after Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-98), English engineer]

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Bes′semer proc`ess
n.

a process of producing steel in which impurities are removed by forcing air through molten iron in a refractory-lined metal container (Bes′semer convert`er).

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Bessemer process  (bs-mr)

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

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Noun

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Bessemer process - an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost industrial process - a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something steel production - making steel from pig iron