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What is bessemerisation of copper?

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Bessemerisation is a process in which air is blown to the molten copper matte that is kept in bessmer converter and Fes get oxidized and removed as Fesio3 in the final step of smelting, blast of air converts cupper sulphide partially into cupper oxide which reacts with remaining Cu2S to give molten copper.
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