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Bessemer process

noun Bes·se·mer process \ ˈbe-sə-mər- \

Definition of Bessemer process

: 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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Origin and Etymology of bessemer process

Sir Henry Bessemer

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