Bessemer converter

American  

noun

1. the refractory-lined metal container in which steel is produced by the Bessemer process.

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Bessemer converter British  

/ ˈbɛsɪmə /

noun

1. a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process

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Etymology

Origin of Bessemer converter

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

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From where I stood, I could see the Bessemer converter pouring a fluid rope of white light; I knew it for a stream the thickness of a hydrant.

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To the bath of molten metal thus obtained spiegeleisen or ferro-manganese is added to supply the required carbon and to otherwise act as in the Bessemer converter.

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Cast iron, when treated in a Bessemer converter, is changed into steel.

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Sir Henry Bessemer solved the problem by inventing the Bessemer converter.

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