The Bessemer Process is a method for mass-producing steel by blasting compressed air through molten iron to remove impurities.
Think of the Bessemer Process like a giant vacuum cleaner. Just as a vacuum cleaner sucks up dirt and dust from your carpet, the Bessemer Process "sucks" out impurities from molten iron, leaving behind only pure steel.
Blast Furnace: A type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron.
Industrial Revolution: The transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the US, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
Henry Bessemer: An English inventor whose steelmaking process would become an important technique for making steel in the industrial age.
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