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write briefly about bessemerisation ?
Bessemerisation is the  process air is blown through molten copper matte in a Bessemer converter. Any remaining products (e.g. FeS) is oxidized and removed as slag (FeSiO3). in the final smelting step cuprous oxide , which reacts with remaining cuprous sulphide to metallic copper. The product called blister copper is 97 -99 % pure Cu with entrapped bubbles of So2(g). Bessemerisation is also used to convert pure iron to steel.


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