Bessemer process

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noun Metallurgy.

a process of producing steel, in which impurities are removed by forcing a blast of air through molten iron.

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Origin of Bessemer process

First recorded in 1855–60; after H. Bessemer

Words nearby Bessemer process

Bessel, Bessel function, Bessel method, Bessemer, Bessemer converter, Bessemer process, Bessemer steel, Bessie, best, best-ball, best-ball foursome

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How to use Bessemer process in a sentence

In the process, we get straightjacketed into emotionally distant, competitive lives.
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Or how much richer a few rich Mexicans are going to get in the process?
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Then we all have to do our part to engage the officers and our community, and hold everyone accountable in the process.
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“The process of getting the approval is too slow and is too cumbersome,” Rogers said.
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The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
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On certain of the stems the fertile cone appears and the spores are ripened about June, after which the process withers.
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By the second process, it is made to the advantage of the issuer of the notes to hasten their withdrawal himself.
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The quickening of one part of the process necessitated the "speeding up" of all the others.
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That, too, is a process which in this changing new world of ours can never be completed.
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A smile of beatitude spread over his enormous countenance during the process.
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British Dictionary definitions for Bessemer process

Bessemer process

noun

(formerly) a process for producing steel by blowing air through molten pig iron at about 1250°C in a Bessemer converter: silicon, manganese, and phosphorus impurities are removed and the carbon content is controlled

a similar process for removing sulphur and iron from copper matte

Word Origin for Bessemer process

C19: named after Sir Henry Bessemer (1813–98), English engineer

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Scientific definitions for Bessemer process

Bessemer process

[ bĕs′ə-mər ]

A method for making steel by forcing compressed air through molten iron to burn out carbon and other impurities.