The inventor HenryBessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would burn out the impurities that made the iron brittle.
发明家亨利·贝塞默发现,在熔炉里对铁水直接吹一吹气,就会烧掉使铁变脆的杂质。
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Bessemer process: technique for converting pig iron to steel invented by HenryBessemer in England in1856and brought by him into commercial production in1860.