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In the Bessemer process compressed air is blown into the bottom of a converter, a furnace shaped like a cement mixer, containing molten pig iron. The excess carbon in the iron burns out, other impurities form a slag, and the furnace is emptied by tilting.
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Biographies of Henry Bessemer and historical information related to the invention of steel. ... Modern steel is made using technology based on Bessemer's process. Bessemer was knighted in 1879 for his contribution to science. The "Bessemer Process" for mass-producing steel, was named after Bessemer.
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Developed during the early 1850s, the Bessemer process was the first method for making steel cheaply and in large quantities. Although this process was named for its inventor, British engineer Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), William Kelly paten...
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Process - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Process may refer to: ; Biology •Process (anatomy), a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body • Biological process ; Psychology •Cognitive processes are the building blocks of the cognit...
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Bessemer process The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. The process is named after its inventor, Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1855....
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