Manhès process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the process of making Bessemer steel.

Word forms

Manhès process

Etymology

Named after Pierre Manhès, the French metallurgist who invented it.

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