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[From the name of the inventor, Sir H. Bessemer, in 1856.]
Bessemer process: a process for decarbonizing and desiliconizing pig-iron so as to convert it into steel or malleable iron, by passing currents of air through the molten metal. Hence Bessemer iron, steel, briefly Bessemer; and attrib., as in Bessemer converter, Bessemer flame, Bessemer maker, Bessemer method, Bessemer slag, etc.
[1856Encycl. Brit. XII. 574/2 The ingots derived from Mr. Bessemer's process.] 1864Percy Metall. 819 Analyses..of the pig-irons and Bessemer irons made therefrom. 1875Ure Dict. Arts III. 905 The enormously high temperature developed by the action of cold air on molten cast iron in the Bessemer process. Ibid. 907 The exact chemical character of the spectrum of the Bessemer flame. Ibid. 909 Good pig iron, such as that employed for Bessemer steel-making. 1881N.Y. Nation XXXII. 404 The generic term Bessemer steel denotes a steel made essentially by blowing air through molten iron, in a vessel called a converter. 1883Daily News 3 Sept. 2/7 Bessemer makers are very busy. |