"Bessemer steel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Bessemer steels [plural]
Etymology: Named after Sir Henry Bessemer, the English engineer who invented the process. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Bessemer steel (countable and uncountable, plural Bessemer steels)
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Translations): Bessemer-acél (Hungarian)

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