Meaning of KRUPP PROCESS
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| Definition: | | \Krupp process\ (Iron Metal.)
(a) A process practiced by Friedrich Krupp, Essen, Germany,
for washing pig iron, differing from the Bell process in
using manganese as well as iron oxide, and performed in a
Pernot furnace. Called also the {Bell-Krupp process}.
(b) A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates,
invented or practiced by Krupp, the details of which are
secret. It is understood to involve the addition of
chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and to include a
treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown
variations or additions. The product is mentioned by some
authors, as improved Harvey, or Harvey-Krupp armor plate.
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