Bessemer process
nounEtymology Named after English inventor Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), who took out a patent on the process in 1856.
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Engineering, Metallurgy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Historical The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation.
- Derived terms
- bessemerize, bessemerization