acid-Bessemer pig iron

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• bessemer iron — noun or bessemer pig Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after H. Bessemer : a cast iron that contains not more than 0.10 percent of phosphorus and is suitable for the manufacture of Bessemer steel by the acid process * * * Bessemer iron or… …   Useful english dictionary

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