Basic bottom blowing converter process

Japanese: 塩基性底吹転炉法 - えんきせいそこふきてんろほう
Basic bottom blowing converter process

…If modern steelmaking is defined as a method of producing large quantities of molten steel, rather than wrought iron, then the Bessemer process marked the birth of modern steelmaking. Then, in 1878, SG Thomas of England invented the basic bottom-blown converter process (Thomas process). The LD process, invented in Austria in 1949, is a top-blown converter process that uses pure oxygen. It was introduced to many countries in a short period of time, rapidly replacing the open hearth process, which had been the mainstream steelmaking method up until that point. …

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Japanese:

…錬鉄でなく,溶鋼を大量に得る製鋼法を近代製鋼法と呼ぶとすれば,ベッセマー法によって近代製鋼法が誕生したことになる。ついで78年イギリスのS.G.トマスは塩基性底吹転炉法(トーマス法)を発明した。1949年オーストリアで発明されたLD法は純酸素を用いる上吹転炉法であり,短期間に多くの国に導入され,それまでの製鋼法の主流であった平炉法を駆逐して急速に置き換わっていった。…

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