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Bessemer converter [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steelmaking
DEF

The type of furnace used in the Bessemer process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élaboration de l'acier
DEF

Convertisseur inventé par sir Henry Bessemer, pour transformer la fonte en acier par insufflation d'air sous pression.

OBS

[...] le procédé anglais Bessemer breveté en 1853 apporte une prodigieuse simplification de l'affinage [...] par insufflation d'air dans plusieurs tonnes de fonte liquide, oxydée dans un convertisseur qui est une cornue basculante crachant le feu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción de acero
DEF

Convertidor piriforme utilizado en la industria siderúrgica para fabricación del acero.

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