Definition of Bessemer converter

1. Noun. A refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process.

Generic synonyms: Converter, Convertor
Group relationships: Steel Factory, Steel Mill, Steel Plant, Steelworks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bessemer Converter

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Literary usage of Bessemer converter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1920)
"The Bessemer converter.—The purification of pig iron is carried on, ... The usual capacity of a Bessemer converter is from 10 to 20 tons of molten metal per ..."

2. Metallurgical Calculations by Joseph William Richards (1918)
"THE TEMPERATURE INCREMENT IN THE Bessemer converter. In the preceding chapter, we have studied the generation of heat in the Bessemer converter, ..."

3. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"The Bessemer converter and other Equipment of the Bessemer Plant. The Bessemer converter consists of a heavy steel sheet of cylindrical form supported upon ..."

4. Steel and Iron: Comprising the Practice and Theory of the Several Methods by William Henry Greenwood (1884)
"Hence the steel-producing processes, as conducted in the Bessemer converter or in the open-hearth furnace of Sir W. Siemens, are divisible into two classes ..."

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