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• 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

• Pig iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• 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

• History of ferrous metallurgy — Iron (material) redirects here. For the chemical element Fe, see Iron. Bloomery smelting during the Middle Ages. The history of ferrous metallurgy began far back in prehistory. The earliest surviving iron artifacts, from the 5th millennium BC in… …   Wikipedia

• metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …   Universalium

• 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

• iron processing — Introduction       use of a smelting process to turn the ore into a form from which products can be fashioned. Included in this article also is a discussion of the mining of iron and of its preparation for smelting.       Iron (Fe) is a… …   Universalium

• List of Bucky O'Hare characters — This article is about characters who appear in Bucky O Hare and the Toad Wars. Contents 1 S.P.A.C.E. Members and Allies 1.1 Commander Dogstar 1.2 Mimi LaFloo 1.3 Wolf …   Wikipedia

• Steel — For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). The steel cable of a colliery winding tower …   Wikipedia