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Bessemer Process (History of Iron & Steel (3 tons of expensive coke…
Bessemer Process
History of Iron & Steel
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no way to control carbon level in iron so steel can be manufactured cheaply and efficiently in large quantities
Steel is an alloy of iron, with carbon
1856- Bessemer process made it happen, moved USA into Age of Steel
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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
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discovered that by adding limestone to the converter drew the phosphorous from the pig iron into the slag
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William Kelly
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Bessemer Process- the procedure to refine fluid iron by passing a stream of air through it, which created the type of steel material used for the making of structures
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Henry Bessemer
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1853-1856; worked to help created more durable cannons for the Navy, he then made the Bessemer Process
named after the British metallurgist, engineer and inventor Henry Bessemer
Phosphorus Problem
Bessemer process only used on pig iron made from phosphorous-free ores, which was expensive
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Significance and Impact
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revolutionized our world; railroads, bridges, elevators
Basic Bessemer Process was highly significant because it meant that massive stores of iron ore could be used to make pig iron