Question

What are 3 positives and 1 negative of the Bessemer Steel Process

Answer 1

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.

-ve points

1. The Bessemer converter required phosphorous free iron, as this process did not properly remove phosphorous and sulfur, two elements harmful to iron.

2. The Bessemer converter had a low retention percentage of nitrogen in the newly formed steel.

positive points

1.The Bessemer process was very efficient and created an ingot in only a few minutes.

2.Bessemer steel was a cheap and reliable. substitute to iron

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