Bessemer process
English
Etymology
Named after its inventor, the Englishman Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1856.
Noun
Bessemer process (plural Bessemer processes)
- (historical) The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation.
Derived terms
- bessemerize
- bessemerization