Meaning of Bessemer process in English

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  1. Noun

    Bessemer process

    Definitions

    1. an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities

    Examples

    • « the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost »

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