Bessemer process: Difference between revisions

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(Based on Glossary of Bridge Terminology; Chapter LXXX of J.A.L. Waddell's Bridge Engineering (New York: Wiley, 1916))
 
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A process for making [[steel]] by the [[decarburization]] of crude [[pig iron]] by means of a finely divided air current blown through the metal when in a molten state. Named from its inventor Sir Henry Bessemer.
A process for making [[steel]] by the [[decarburization]] of crude [[pig iron]] by means of a finely divided air current blown through the metal when in a molten state. Named from its inventor Sir Henry Bessemer.


[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Glossary]]

Revision as of 15:23, 31 December 2007

letodrono A process for making steel by the decarburization of crude pig iron by means of a finely divided air current blown through the metal when in a molten state. Named from its inventor Sir Henry Bessemer.