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L-D converter

noun

  1. metallurgy a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube


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Word History and Origins

Origin of L-D converter1

C20: L(inz)-D(onawitz), from the Austrian towns of Linz and Donawitz, where the process was first used successfully

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