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Definition: Bessemer Converter |
Bessemer ConverterNoun1. A refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Metallurgy | Pear-shaped or cylindrical vessel consisting of an outer shell of heavy steel plates with an internal lining of refractory-material. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A pear-shaped steel shell lined with a refractory material containing a number of holes or ports in the bottom or side through which air is blown through the molten pig iron charge. The converter is mounted on trunnions about which it may be tilted to charge or tap. Molten pig iron is charged into the converter, and air is blown through the molten metal to oxidizethe impurities, thus making steel. (references) |
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Crosswords: Bessemer Converter |
| English words defined with "Bessemer converter": Bessemer process. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Bessemer converter": acid Bessemer converter, acid Bessemer pig iron, acid Bessemer steel, afterblow ♦ basic Bessemer converter, basic Bessemer pig iron, basic lining process, Bessemer pig iron ♦ duplex steel, duplex Talbot process ♦ Great Falls converter ♦ iron refining ♦ Thomas pig iron, Thomas-Gilchrist process, triplexing. (references) |
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 | A Bessemer converter, McKeesport, Pa.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Pig iron such as this is a major ingredient of steel. Blast furnaces have smelted down the iron ore to obtain the pig iron used in all three types of steel furnaces: open hearth, Bessemer converter, and electric.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bessemer converter (iron into steel), Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp., Brackenridge, Pa.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Expression using "Bessemer converter": basic Bessemer converter. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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bessemer converter | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "Bessemer converter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Bessemer-konvertor (basic Bessemer converter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Bessemerpeer (basic Bessemer converter), Bessemerkonvertor (basic Bessemer converter), Bessemerconvertor (basic Bessemer converter), Bessemerconverter (basic Bessemer converter), peer (basic Bessemer converter, bulb, common pear, converter, pear, pear tree, pear-tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | convertisseur Bessemer (basic Bessemer converter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bessemer-Konverter (basic Bessemer converter), Bessemerbirne (basic Bessemer converter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετατροπέας τύπου Bessemer (basic Bessemer converter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | convertitore Bessemer (basic Bessemer converter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | essemerbay onvertercay conversor do tipo "bessemer". (various references) convertidor Bessemer (basic Bessemer converter). (various references) bessemerugn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 73 73 65 6D 65 72 43 6F 6E 76 65 72 74 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100101 01101101 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e s s e m e r   C o n v e r t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0073 0073 0065 006D 0065 0072 0043 006F 006E 0076 0065 0072 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36718585717971842378180887184867184 |
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