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bessemer processnoun(metallurgy, 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.
bessemerizationnounThe conversion of iron to steel by the Bessemer process
bessemernounA place in the United States:
bessemer steelnounSteel made using the Bessemer process
siemens-martin processnounA kind of open-hearth process for producing steel.
bell processnounThe process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide.
manhès processnounA process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the process of making Bessemer steel.
bower-barff processnoun(metalworking) A method of coating iron or steel with magnetic iron oxide in order to minimize atmospheric corrosion. The articles to be treated are put into a closed retort and a current of superheated steam passed through for a period, followed by a current of producer gas (carbon monoxide), to reduce any higher oxides that may have been formed.
converternounA person or thing that converts.
bloomingnounThe act by which something blooms.
bronzemakingnounThe process of making bronze
carburizationnounImpregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture or heat treatment of steel.
bell-krupp processnounSynonym of Krupp process (“process for washing pig iron”).
smeltnounProduction of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
puddlingnounThe process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
barrel processnoun(metalworking) A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.
basificationnoun(chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
electroslagnounMetalworking process using heat from molten slag.
harvey processnounA process for hardening the face of steel, involving the additional carburizing of the face of a piece of low-carbon steel by heaping a solid carbon-rich fuel (such as charcoal) on the face of the steel and then subjecting this to very high heat at high pressure for a prolonged period of time, followed by a violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This results in a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.
carburisationnounAlternative form of carburization. [Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture or heat treatment of steel.]

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