Why was the Bessemer Steel process important?

Answer 1

It removed impurities from, and led to cheap and plentiful, steel. More steel was produced at a low price, more steel products were made, new inventions occurred from this, more money was made, and general improvements were made.

Answer 2

Henry Bessemer worked on the problem of manufacturing cheap steel for the purposes of ordnance production from 1850 to 1855 when he patented his method.

The Bessemer process involved using oxygen in air blown through molten pig iron to burn off the impurities and thus create steel.

Importance:

Many industries were constrained by the lack of steel, being reliant on cast iron and wrought iron alone. Examples include railway structures such as bridges and tracks, where the treacherous nature of cast iron was keenly felt by many engineers and designers. There had been many accidents when cast iron beams collapsed suddenly, such as the Dee bridge disaster of May 1847 and later failures such as the Wooton bridge collapse and the Bull bridge accident of 1860. The problem recurred at the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879, and failures continued until all cast iron under-bridges were replaced by steel structures.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

because it made steel production possible by converting pig iron into steel

Answer 5

• It produced strong steel at affordable prices

Answer 6

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