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The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.

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Who invented the steel?

Henry Bessemer invented a process to manufacture steel.


What do you mean by Besemar effect?

If you mean Bessemer process, it was an inexpensive industrial process for the manufacture of steel from molten pig iron. Introduced in 1855


Who invented the bessemer process?

The bessemer process was invented by Sir Henry Bessemer.


Where was the bessemer steel process invented?

The bessemer process was invented by Sir Henry Bessemer.


Inventor of a steel making process?

That would be Henry Bessemer, inventor of the Bessemer Converter which allowed the processing of Steel on an industrial scale. The process involves the removal of impurities (an important factor in Steel manufacture) through oxidation.


How did steel processing change in the 1850s?

Henry Bessemer invented the Bessemer process a way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.


What did the Bessemer process encourage?

The Bessemer process, developed by British inventor Henry Bessemer, enabled steel to be produced more efficiently


What was a process for making high quality steel efficiently and cheaply?

It was called the Bessemer Process.


Who was responsible for patenting the process for converting iron into steel?

Henry Bessemer


Who invented Steel (Bessemer Process)?

It was invented in 1851 by William Kelly but was was independently invented by Henry Bessemer in 1855 (and Bessemer took out a patent on the process).


Where did the bessemer process take place?

The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. The process is named after its inventor, Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1855.


What did Henry bessemer do?

Henry Bessemer invented the Bessemer Converter