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Bessemer converter

noun

  1. the refractory-lined metal container in which steel is produced by the Bessemer process.


Bessemer converter

/ ˈbɛsɪmə /

noun

  1. a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bessemer converter1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

From where I stood, I could see the Bessemer converter pouring a fluid rope of white light; I knew it for a stream the thickness of a hydrant.

To the bath of molten metal thus obtained spiegeleisen or ferro-manganese is added to supply the required carbon and to otherwise act as in the Bessemer converter.

Cast iron, when treated in a Bessemer converter, is changed into steel.

Sir Henry Bessemer solved the problem by inventing the Bessemer converter.

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