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Gilchrist, Percy Carlyle |
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Gilchrist, Percy Carlyle(born Dec. 27, 1851, Lyme Regis, Dorset, Eng.—died Dec. 16, 1935, England) British metallurgist. In 1876–77, with his cousin Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850–85), he devised the basic Bessemer process of making steel in Bessemer converters from phosphorus-containing pig iron. In the Thomas-Gilchrist process, the lining used in the converter is basic rather than acidic, and it captures the acidic phosphorus oxides formed upon blowing air through molten iron made from the high-phosphorus iron ore prevalent in Europe. The process subsequently became widely used. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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