USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bessemer Steel Process was a method of producing high-quality steel by shooting air into molten steel to burn off carbon and other impurities. It was named after the British inventor Sir Henry Bessemer, who worked to develop the process in the 1850s.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Man of Steel” Henry Bessemer was born on January 19, 1813 in Charlton, Hertfordshire, England. The first to develop a process for mass-producing steel inexpensively, this son of an engineer was a prolific and diverse inventor throughout his life.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bessemer had been trying to reduce the cost of steel-making for military ordnance, and developed his system for blowing air through molten pig iron to remove the impurities. This made steel easier, quicker and cheaper to manufacture, and revolutionised structural engineering.

Detailed explanation-5: -During 1858 and 1859 he perfected the process in Sheffield, England. Bessemer’s process had three features: He held the temperature of the melt by burning out the carbon. He stopped the blow of air at just the right moment to leave some carbon in place. And he invented means to de-oxidize the steel before he poured it.