basic process

A Bessemer process or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment.

Proper noun

  1. A Bessemer process or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment.

Synonyms

Gilchrist-Thomas process Thomas process Thomas-Gilchrist process

Related

basic slag basic steel