Bessemer process
noun
Bes·se·mer process
ˈbe-sə-mər- 
: 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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Between 1864 and 1876, 13 Bessemer process factories were built in the U.S. as American steel production expanded 87-fold.
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Willy Shih, Forbes, 10 July 2022
Willy Shih, Forbes, 10 July 2022
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Sir Henry Bessemer
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1856, in the meaning defined above
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Bessemer process
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: a process of making steel from pig iron by burning out impurities (as carbon) by means of a blast of air forced through the hot liquid metal
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