Question

Bessemer process gives better quality steel than open hearth process.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is a removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron. The Acid Bessemer suffered a decline in favor of the Acid Open Hearth steel process, mainly due to economic factors also open-hearth process gives better quality steel than Bessemer process.

Hence, the given statement is true.