- converter steel process
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English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
converter steel process
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Converter — Con*vert er, n. 1. One who converts; one who makes converts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
converter — [kən vʉr′tər] n. a person or thing that converts; specif., a) a furnace for converting pig iron into steel in the Bessemer process b) an electrical device for converting alternating current into direct current: cf. INVERTER c) the part of a radio … English World dictionary
steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying … Universalium
Steel — For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). The steel cable of a colliery winding tower … Wikipedia
converter — /keuhn verr teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that converts. 2. Elect. a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa. Cf. inverter, synchronous converter. 3. Metall. a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast… … Universalium
converter — con•vert•er [[t]kənˈvɜr tər[/t]] n. 1) one that converts 2) elm a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa 3) rtv decoder 2) 4) rtv an auxiliary device that permits a radio or television receiver to pick up… … From formal English to slang
Bessemer process — 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. The process was… … Wikipedia
Bessemer process — Metall. a process of producing steel, in which impurities are removed by forcing a blast of air through molten iron. [1855 60; after H. BESSEMER] * * * Technique for converting pig iron to steel invented by Henry Bessemer in England in 1856 and… … Universalium
Edgar Thomson Steel Works — The Edgar Thomson Steel Works is a steel mill in North Braddock, Pennsylvania. History The mill occupies the historic site of Braddock s Field, on the banks of the Monongahela River east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On July 5, 1755, in the Battle … Wikipedia
Bessemer converter — n. a special furnace used to purify pig iron using the Bessemer process. Etymology: Sir H. Bessemer, Engl. engineer d. 1898 * * * noun a refractory lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process • Hypernyms: ↑converter … Useful english dictionary
basic oxygen process — a high speed method of steelmaking in which oxygen of high purity is blown through an oxygen lance at high velocity onto the surface of a bath containing steel scrap and molten pig iron within a vessel with a basic lining (basic oxygen furnace).… … Universalium
