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bessemer process

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
besse-mer pro-cess
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation.

Etymology

Named after English inventor Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), who took out a patent on the process in 1856.

Inflected Forms

Bessemer processes (plural)

Derived Forms

bessemerize bessemerization

Questions

What does bessemer process mean?
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation.
Where does bessemer process come from?
Named after English inventor Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), who took out a patent on the process in 1856.

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