| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.[Websters]
2. (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: BESSEMER STEEL
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bessemer steel | 1: Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | |||
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Specialty Expressions: BESSEMER STEEL
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Basic Bessemer steel | Metallurgy | Steel melted in a furnace that has a basic bottom and lining and under a slag that is dominantly basic. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bessemer steel | Metallurgy | Steel made in a converter with acid lining by the Bessemer process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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