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Krupp process

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Etymology

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Named after its originator Friedrich Krupp, from Essen, Germany.

Proper noun

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Krupp process

  1. A process for washing pig iron, differing from the Bell process in using manganese as well as iron oxide, and performed in a Pernot furnace.
  2. A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates, involving the addition of chromium and nickel to the metal, and a treatment resembling the Harvey process but using a carbon-rich gas rather than solid fuel.

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